Keywords
Historia de la enfermería, Género, Cultura, Brujería, Curanderas tradicionales, Salud, Sexualidad, History of nursing, Gender, Culture, Witchcraft, Traditional healers, Health, Sexuality
Women health providers: materials on cures, remedies and sexuality in inquisitorial processes (15th–18th century)
Abstract
Antecedentes: los primeros procesos inquisitoriales se dirigieron contra musulmanes y judíos, aunque posteriormente se centraron en mujeres cuidadoras vinculadas a prácticas consideradas de brujería y hechicería. Objetivo: analizar los cuidados proporcionados por sanadoras acusadas por la Inquisición entre los siglos XV y XVIII, justificando la importancia histórica de la enfermería en la diversidad de cuidados comunitarios. Metodología: se realizó una revisión exploratoria siguiendo el Modelo Estructural Dialéctico de los Cuidados, utilizando bases de datos, recursos bibliográficos y archivos históricos. Resultados: las figuras de curandera, bruja y hechicera evolucionaron durante el periodo estudiado y reflejaron la estructura social de la época. Estas mujeres practicaban cuidados físicos, psicológicos y sexuales, utilizando remedios, oraciones y amuletos. Conclusión: las sanadoras fueron precursoras de la enfermería actual y actuaron como agentes de salud pese a la persecución social e inquisitorial.
Background: The first inquisitorial trials targeted Muslims and Jews, but later focused on women caregivers associated with witchcraft and sorcery due to their empirical healing knowledge. Objective: to analyse the care provided by healers accused by the Inquisition between the 15th and 18th centuries and to justify the historical importance of nursing within community care diversity. Methodology: a scoping review was conducted following the Dialectical Structural Model of Care, using databases, bibliographic resources and historical archives. Results: the concepts of healer, witch and sorceress evolved throughout the study period, reflecting the social structure of the time. These women provided physical, psychological and sexual care using remedies, prayers and amulets. Conclusion: healers were predecessors of modern nursing and acted as health agents despite social and inquisitorial persecution.
Background: The first inquisitorial trials targeted Muslims and Jews, but later focused on women caregivers associated with witchcraft and sorcery due to their empirical healing knowledge. Objective: to analyse the care provided by healers accused by the Inquisition between the 15th and 18th centuries and to justify the historical importance of nursing within community care diversity. Methodology: a scoping review was conducted following the Dialectical Structural Model of Care, using databases, bibliographic resources and historical archives. Results: the concepts of healer, witch and sorceress evolved throughout the study period, reflecting the social structure of the time. These women provided physical, psychological and sexual care using remedies, prayers and amulets. Conclusion: healers were predecessors of modern nursing and acted as health agents despite social and inquisitorial persecution.
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URI / Handle
10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1178499Rights
Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada España