The miraculous conformist : Valentine Greatrakes, the body politic, and the politics of healing in Restoration Britain

By - Elmer, Peter

Floor - Floor 4

Published - Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2013

ISBN 10 - 0199663963

ISBN 13 - 9780199663965

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Great Britain

Shelf No - 3

Call Number - 941.0660 ELM

Physical Description - xiii, 279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes - Include index.

Book Information

Tells the compelling story of Irish healer Valentine Greatrakes and outlines his place in the history of seventeenth-century Britain. Reveals a fascinating account of his engagement with important events of the period, including the Irish Rebellion of 1641, the English civil wars, the Cromwellian Conquest of Ireland, and the Restoration of 1660.

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