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The Miraculous Conformist : Valentine Greatrakes, the Body Politic, and the Politics of Healing in Restoration Britain

Date: 20 Jan 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Format: Hardback::294 pages
ISBN10: 0199663963
ISBN13: 9780199663965
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Available for download ebook The Miraculous Conformist : Valentine Greatrakes, the Body Politic, and the Politics of Healing in Restoration Britain. Contents: Introduction - The Making of an Early Modern Miracle Healer: Valentine Greatrakes, 1629-1660 - Greatrakes, Ireland, and the Restoration, 1660-1665 - 'An Exemplar of Candid and Sincere Christianity': Greatrakes' Mission to England in 1666 - Healing, Witchcraft, and the Body Politic in Restoration Britain - Epilogue and conclusion. The Miraculous Conformist: Valentine Greatrakes, the Body Politic and the Politics of Healing in Restoration Britain. Peter Elmer. Abstract. This monograph focuses on the life and career of the Irish gentleman and miracle healer, Valentine Greatrakes (1629-83), who achieved widespread celebrity in the mid 1660s for his ability to cure a The Miraculous Conformist: Valentine Greatrakes, the Body Politic, and the Politics of Healing in Restoration Britain Peter Elmer. The Miraculous Conformist: Valentine Greatrakes, the Body Politic, and the Politics of Healing in Restoration Britain Peter Elmer (pp. 718-719) The Miraculous Conformist: Valentine Greatrakes, the Body Politic, and the Politics of Healing in Restoration Britain Peter Elmer. The Miraculous Conformist: Valentine Greatrakes, the Body Politic, and the Politics of Healing in Restoration Britain Peter Elmer (pp. 172-174) Review : George Southcombe DOI: 10.1086/680100 Many years in the making, this book is a thought-provoking and finely wrought study of the seventeenth-century thaumaturge Valentine Greatrakes, famed for the c We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. The Miraculous Conformist:Valentine Greatrakes, the Body Politic, and the Politics of Healing in Restoration Britain Peter Elmer. / Jenner, Mark. In: Isis; an international review devoted to the history of science and its cultural influences, Vol. 106, No. 1, 03.2015, p. 184-185. This title tells the compelling story of Irish healer Valentine Greatrakes and outlines his place in the history of 17th-century Britain, revealing 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. Talk:Valentine Greatrakes. Jump to navigation Jump to search Elmer, Peter (2013), The Miraculous Conformist: Valentine Greatrakes, the Body Politic, and the Politics of Healing in Restoration Britain (illustrated ed.), Oxford University Press, p. PeterElmer, The Miraculous Conformist: Valentine Greatrakes, the Body Politic, and the Politics of Healing in Restoration Britain. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Pp. Xiii+279. Sir Edward Harris (1575 1636) of Cornworthy in Devon, was an English-born judge and politician in seventeenth-century Ireland. He was Chief Justice of Munster in Ireland, and sat as Member of Parliament for Clonakilty 1613 15 in the Irish House of Commons of the Parliament of Ireland.He was the grandfather of the faith healer Valentine Greatrakes. The Miraculous Conformist: Valentine Greatrakes, the Body Politic, and the Politics of Healing in Restoration Britain Peter Elmer. The Miraculous Conformist: Valentine Greatrakes, the Body Politic, and the Politics of Healing in Restoration Britain Peter Elmer (pp. 184-185) The Miraculous Conformist Valentine Greatrakes The Body Politic And The Politics Of Healing In Restoration Britain. John Donne and the Conway Papers A Peter Elmer, The Miraculous Conformist: Valentine Greatrakes, the Body Politic and the Politics of Healing in Restoration Britain (Oxford: 2013) notes on 113 14 that contemporaries also thought witchcraft operated through physical contact. CrossRef Google Scholar The miraculous conformist: Valentine Greatrakes, the body politic, and the politics of healing in restoration Britain Peter Elmer. The miraculous conformist: Valentine Greatrakes, the body politic, and the politics of healing in restoration Britain Peter Elmer (pp. 715-716) The Miraculous Conformist: Valentine Greatrakes, the Body Politic, and the Politics of Healing in Restoration Britain. Peter Elmer. Pp. Xiii This chapter focuses on Greatrakes response to events in Ireland following the restoration of the monarchy in 1660. Threatened with financial ruin the potential loss of lands accumulated in the 1650s, Greatrakes adopted various strategies in order to his social, economic and political position in local society. One strategy involved close collaboration with the person of Roger Boyle T HE ACTIVITIES OF THE IRISH STROKER Valentine Greatrakes com- manded eties of the U.K., 1967, 87: 893-896; A. Bryan Laver, "Miracles No Wonder! Rakes's efforts in a pamphlet, The Miraculous Conformist, written in the fo an open To substantiate the contention that it was the body's natural healing power that. The latest Tweets from Valentine Greatrakes (@TheIrishStroker). 17th century, Irish gentleman, healer, witch hunter, soldier & survivor. Just tweeting through my Peter Elmer, The Miraculous Conformist: Valentine Greatrakes, the Body Politic, and the Politics of Healing in Restoration Britain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012), pp. 304, 65.00, hardback, ISBN:978-0-19-966396-5. Ulla Kriebernegg and Roberta Maierhofer (eds), The Ages of Life: Living and Aging in Conflict? Valentine Greatrakes and the Year of Wonder. Henry Stubbe, The Miraculous Conformist: or an Account of Several Greatrakes, the Body Politic, and the Politics of Healing in Restoration Britain, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012). This monograph focuses on the life and career of the Irish gentleman and miracle healer, Valentine Greatrakes (1629-83), who achieved widespread celebrity in the mid 1660s for his ability to cure a range of ailments touch or 'stroking' alone. In particular, his visit to England in the spring of 1666 drew vast crowds, and he was widely feted a broad cross section of Restoration society The Miraculous Conformist: Valentine Greatrakes, the Body Politic, and the Politics of Healing in Restoration Britain (illustrated ed.). Oxford University Press. P. 63. ISBN 9780199663965. Venning, Timothy (October 2008) [2004]. "Godolphin, Sir William (bap. 1635, d. 1696)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford Peter Elmer will address the Robert Boyle Summer School from 4-7th July 2013 The Miraculous Conformist: Valentine Greatrakes, the Body Politic, and the Politics of Healing in Restoration Britain The Miraculous Conformist: Valentine Greatrakes, the Body Politic and the Politics of Healing in Restoration Britain. Oxford: Oxford University In 1666 an Irish gentleman called Valentine Greatrakes achieved brief but Greatrakes, the Body Politic, and the Politics of Healing in Restoration Britain. In 1666, Great Britain was hit with an outbreak of the plague, the Great Fire of London, and it survived an attack the Dutch. This annus mirabilis, or Year of Wonders, was also the year that a wealthy farmer from Ireland, Valentine Greatrakes came to England. Alchemical allegory was designed, in part, to mask elements of elitism, most importantly how the nobility enjoyed godlike estates built their underclass. 2 Peter Elmer, The Miraculous Conformist: Valentine Greatrakes, the Body Politic, and the Politics of Healing in Restoration Britain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013). 3 Ibid.

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