De predikande pigorna i 1700-talets Sverige: medicinska och teologiska föreställningar om övernaturlig fasta, svärmeri och besatthet
The Preaching Maids in 18th Century Sweden: medical and theological conceptions of supernatural fast, enthusiasm and possession. This thesis examines the relationship between medicine and theology in 18th century Sweden through supernatural fast, enthusiasm (svärmeri) and possession, three terms that all encompass religiously understood diseases. In the thesis these conditions are interpreted as b