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The Royal Touch: Monarchy and Miracles in France and England
by Marc Bloch
Dorset Press, New York, 1961, 441pp, HC
[England, France, 14-17C]

Chapters
• BOOK 1 - THE ORIGINS
  1. The beginnings of the touch for scrofula
  2. The origins of the royal healing power: the sacred aspects of royalty in the early centuries of the Middle Ages
• BOOK 2 - THE GRANDEUR AND VICISSITUDES OF THE ROYAL HEALERS
  1. Touching for scrofula and its popularity up to the end of the fifteenth century
  2. The second miracle of English royalty: cramp rings
  3. The sacred and miraculous aspects of royalty from the beginning of the touch for scrofula up to the Renaissance
  4. Some confused beliefs: St-Marcoul, the kings of Frand and the seventh sons
  5. The royal miracle during the Wars of Religion and the absolute monarchy
  6. The decline and death of the royal touch
• BOOK 3 - A CRITICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE ROYAL MIRACLE
  1. A critical interpretation of the royal miracle
• APPENDICES
  1. The royal miracle in the French and English royal accounts
  2. Notes on the iconography
  3. The beginnings of royal unction and consecration
  4. Extracts from Jean Golein's Treatise on Consecration with a short analysis (translated by Dr Anthony Goodman)
  5. The pilgrimage of the French kings to Corbeny after their consecration and the transfer of St-Marcoul's reliquary to Rehims
  6. Additions and corrections

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