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The Vampire Hypothesis: from Fingernails to Ministering Angels: the first Swedish debunker
MATTHEW IAN GIBSON; DAMIAN JOHN SHAW
2023-07-04
Source PublicationHistory of European Ideas
ISSN0191-6599
Volume49Issue:5Pages:787 - 805
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The following article consists of an introduction by the first author, an annotated translation by the second, and then an analysis by the first, of the earliest known Scandinavian response to the Vampire phenomenon of Medvedia in 1732 by Nicolaus Boye, a state-employed physician residing in Stockholm. The translation shows that Boye’s own article, which constitutes a complete refutation of Johann Flückinger’s claims, was meticulously organised, abstracting and arguing against the major themes which he observed in the Visum et Repertum, while the analysis shows that Boye was working under the topical medical theories of the Dutch botanist and physician Herman Boerhaave. The analysis also demonstrates the extent to which Boye’s rationalism in refuting the Visum at Repertum is informed by his Lutheranism and belief in the Day of Judgement, and concludes by showing examples of the impact his work exerted on other academics in the 1730s.

KeywordEnlightenment Familiars Lutheranism Medicine‌ Sweden Vampires
DOI10.1080/01916599.2022.2151496
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Indexed ByA&HCI
Language英語English
WOS Research AreaPhilosophy
WOS SubjectPhilosophy
WOS IDWOS:000912495400001
PublisherRoutledge
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85143384986
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CollectionFaculty of Arts and Humanities
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
AffiliationDepartment of English, University of Macau, Taipa, Macao
First Author AffilicationUniversity of Macau
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MATTHEW IAN GIBSON,DAMIAN JOHN SHAW. The Vampire Hypothesis: from Fingernails to Ministering Angels: the first Swedish debunker[J]. History of European Ideas, 2023, 49(5), 787 - 805.
APA MATTHEW IAN GIBSON., & DAMIAN JOHN SHAW (2023). The Vampire Hypothesis: from Fingernails to Ministering Angels: the first Swedish debunker. History of European Ideas, 49(5), 787 - 805.
MLA MATTHEW IAN GIBSON,et al."The Vampire Hypothesis: from Fingernails to Ministering Angels: the first Swedish debunker".History of European Ideas 49.5(2023):787 - 805.
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