Louise Elizabeth Wilson
Email Contact:
lew37 (at) cam.ac.uk
I am an independent researcher specialising in the history of medieval medicine, miracles and magic.
My doctoral thesis examined medieval miracle accounts and canonization records of healing miracles. I investigated the influence of theology, law, natural philosophy and medicine on the definition of a miracle.
My current research looks at clerical and medical ideas about the influence of demons and harmful magic on the
human body. I explore the topics of demonic
possession, gender and sin, along with remedies against demonic and magical harm.
Latest publication:
'Writing miracle collections', in Reading Medieval Sources: Miracle Collections, edited by Sari Katajala-Peltomaa, Jenni Kuuliala and Iona McCleery (Leiden, Brill, 2019).
The Medieval Universe
Huntington MS 64, folio 17