Valentine Greatrakes [ Science / Art and Literature ]
… popularity as a miracle worker, disproving the Church of England’s doctrine that miracles had ceased and reducing the royal mystique of the King’s touch, influenced public opinion towards the most famous miracle healer of the age, King … of the greatest private libraries in the land and was the unofficial weekend retreat of half the members of the nascent Royal Soc iety’. Although Greatrakes failed to heal Lady Anne, he reached the attention of the ‘ Conways' resident … 259) . ‘Greatrix the Stroker [ was ] Believed in by Boyle‘, 7 the celebrated President of the newly founded Royal Society , and he puzzled and bewitched English society. Even the King, Charles II, 8 as well as other eminent figures at …
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