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Saints, Sleep-Surgery and Medieval Dream Miracles
Presented by: London Fortean Society| 0 | LONDON: The Bell |
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| P | Wednesday 26th June, 2019 |
| N | 7:45pm |
Event information
Thousands of stories of miraculous healing at shrines survive from the middle ages. The most striking tales involve a sick person who was cured in a dream by a saint’s touch. Dreams were considered a space where dead holy figures could interact with the living: saints could manipulate the sleeper’s body, including performing invasive surgery.
Dr Bill MacLehose, historian of medieval medicine and religion at UCL, explores the different ways in which saints were thought to heal, purify or even punish people through dreams. What made sleep and dreams so important to healing rituals in mediaeval culture? And how important were sacred spaces, such as shrines and other pilgrimage sites, to these dream cures?
Venue information
LONDON: The Bell| 0 | 50 Middlesex Street London E1 7EX |
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| > | www.thebellpub.co.uk/contact.php |
| ! | 02072473459 |
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