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The King's Evil Without the King: The Royal Touch during the Interregnum

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, EarlyView.
This article examines how far, and in what ways, the traditional belief that English monarchs could cure scrofula (the “King's Evil”) by royal touch survived during the eleven years of the Interregnum (1649–1660). Charles I had been executed and the monarchy abolished, and Charles II was in exile for the vast majority of this period. It might seem that
David L. Smith
wiley   +1 more source

Climbing to Zero Hunger with crop biodiversity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Bai, K.   +16 more
core  

Mapping Mental Health Across US States: the Role of Economic and Social Support Policies

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points This perspective argues that state economic and social support policies are key determinants of population mental health. Key policy successes of the past decade include state expansion of Medicaid eligibility, increase in minimum wage, and implementation of paid sick leave.
RACHEL DONNELLY, MATEO P. FARINA
wiley   +1 more source

Mujeres Públicas and women in public: Scrutinising the history of prostitution in eighteenth‐ and nineteenth‐century Mexico

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract Past studies of prostitution have mislabelled Mexican women as prostitutes when it is not clear that they had engaged in transactional sex. Here, we examine the history of prostitution between 1750 and 1865, detailing both legal frameworks and judicial evidence to address the reasons for the inflation of prostitution's presence in Mexico ...
Nora E. Jaffary, Luis Londoño
wiley   +1 more source

Caregivers' Views of a Pediatric Inpatient Intervention to Address Health-Related Social Risks. [PDF]

open access: yesHosp Pediatr
Abramsohn EM   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Where's the beef? The feminisation of weight‐loss dieting in Britain and Scandinavia c.1890–1925

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract Representations of the slim body have traditionally been at the centre of scholarly interest in dieting culture, whereas food often remains a shadowy presence compared with more persistent themes of body discipline, slenderness and anti‐fat messages.
Emma Hilborn
wiley   +1 more source

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