Royal touch
The royal touch (also known as the king's touch) was a form of laying on of hands, whereby French and English monarchs would touch their subjects, regardless of social classes, with the intent to cure them of various diseases and conditions. The thaumaturgic touch was most commonly applied to people suffering from tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis (better known as scrofula or the King's Evil), and exclusively to them from 16th century onwards. The disease rarely resulted in death and often went into remission on its own, giving the impression that the monarch's touch cured it. The claimed power was most notably exercised by monarchs who sought to demonstrate the legitimacy of their reign and of their newly founded dynasties.
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Royal touch
The royal touch (also known as the king's touch) was a form of laying on of hands, whereby French and English monarchs would touch their subjects, regardless of social classes, with the intent to cure them of various diseases and conditions. The thaumaturgic touch was most commonly applied to people suffering from tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis (better known as scrofula or the King's Evil), and exclusively to them from 16th century onwards. The disease rarely resulted in death and often went into remission on its own, giving the impression that the monarch's touch cured it. The claimed power was most notably exercised by monarchs who sought to demonstrate the legitimacy of their reign and of their newly founded dynasties.
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L'appellativo di re taumaturgh ...... natura divina della regalità.
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The royal touch (also known as ...... their newly founded dynasties.
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Toque real es una forma de imp ...... emiento de una nueva dinastía.
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L'appellativo di re taumaturgh ...... natura divina della regalità.
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The royal touch (also known as ...... their newly founded dynasties.
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Toque real es una forma de imp ...... un reinado o el estableciemien
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Re taumaturghi
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Royal touch
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Toque real
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