Gresham College Lectures
Gresham College has been providing free public lectures since 1597, making us London's oldest higher education institution. This podcast offers our recorded lectures that are free to access from the Gresham College website, or our YouTube channel.
Gresham College Lectures
Miracle Cures: Spas, Shrines and Spirits
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Professor John Pick outlines an 'industry' of relics, religious or otherwise, and the influence of these objects on mass behaviour and belief.
This lecture is part of Professor Pick's series, Rumour, Disease and the Madness of Crowds. The other lectures...
This lecture is part of Professor Pick's series, Rumour, Disease and the Madness of Crowds. The other lectures...