Verbal Medicines

Verbal Medicines

The Curative Power of Prayer and Invocation in Early English Charms

Arnovick, Leslie K.

Cambridge University Press

11/2024

318

Dura

9781009423144

15 a 20 dias

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Preface; 1. Invoking baptism; 2. Psalm charms as aids against illness; 3. Invoking the name of Mary; 4. Invoking the visitation of the sick; 5. The multiplier effect; Theoretical implications.
Old English; Medieval English; English historical linguistics; pragmatics; religious studies