The modulated scream : pain in late medieval culture / Esther Cohen.
The modulated scream : pain in late medieval culture / Esther Cohen.
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Publisher
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009, c2010.
Date
2009, c2010.
Call Numbers
N809.93353/71
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xiii, 393 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. The uses of suffering -- 2. "Twisting the mind" : torture and truth-finding -- 3. Alleviating pain -- 4. The script of pain behavior -- 5. The vocabular and typology of pain -- 6. The Christian history of humanity -- 7. Human and divine passion -- 8. Impassability.
Publication information
Publisher
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009, c2010.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
2009, c2010.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
This book provides an integral, readable account of changing attitudes toward pain in late medieval Europe. Since pain itself cannot be known, the book looks at pain by chronicling what people wrote about it, and what they did with and about that.
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The modulated scream : pain in late medieval culture / Esther Cohen.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N809.93353/71
Record Identifier
74VM5qNoBR3M
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM5qNoBR3M
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ISBN
0226112675 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226112671 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
809.93353
MMS ID
991003575439702626
