De predikande pigorna i 1700-talets Sverige: medicinska och teologiska föreställningar om övernaturlig fasta, svärmeri och besatthet

• Main Author: Johansson, Alexander
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för idé- och lärdomshistoria 2023
• Subjects: Ester Jönsdotter; Magnus Gabriel von Block; Jesper Swedberg; Sara Stina Schultz; Johan Tybeck; Elisabeth Isaacsdotter (Lisbetta); Karin Persdotter; Bång-Karin; Mårten Thunborg; Åke Svensson; Wiklundska väckelsen (Tornedalen); Swedenborgare; Predikande pigor; Svärmeri; Pietism; Besatthet; Fasta; Anorexia Nervosa; Medikalisering; Medicalization; Possession; Enthusiasm; Supernatural fast; Medicin 1700-tal; Medicine 18th Century Sweden; Luthersk ortodoxi; Demonology; Demonomania; Carl von Linné; François de Sauvage; Fredrich Hoffmann; History and Archaeology; Talets; Tornedalen
• Online Access: http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/9127009

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