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Transgresión moral y enfermedad en los países nórdicos en la temprana Edad Moderna
Jari Eilolasubject
Aetiological modelsDiagnósticoMoralidadMoralityAmbivalencia del curanderoAmbivalence of a healerAZ20-999DiagnosisCuración popularHistory of scholarship and learning. The humanitiesHistory of medicine. Medical expeditionsFolk healingModelos etiológicosR131-687description
This article seeks to understand how people in the early modern age interpreted the nature of illness and the role that morality played in these interpretations. From this point of view illnesses were not only psycho-physical states or subjects for medical diagnosis but they were also subjects for narratives or stories through which people tried to understand what had caused their illness, and why it was happening to them. Illnesses were understood as strictly connected with the patient's character and were regarded as possible consequences of his personality. On the other hand, the interpretations also emphasised the ambivalence of a healer. Personal experiences and an understanding of one’s life situation intertwined in these stories.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-06-01 | Asclepio: Revista de Historia de la Medicina y de la Ciencia |