The Modulated Scream

Pain In Late Medieval Culture

by Esther Cohen
language: english
Publisher: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS, May of 2010 ‧
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Exploring the varied depictions and descriptions of pain - from martyrdom narratives to practices of torture and surgery - this title attempts to decode this culture of suffering in the Middle Ages. It presents the cacophony of howls emerging from the written record of physicians, torturers, theologians, and mystics.

The Modulated Scream

Pain In Late Medieval Culture

by Esther Cohen

Property Description
ISBN: 9780226112671
Publisher: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
Release Date: May of 2010
Language: English
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 36 mm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > History > History of Europe
EAN: 9780226112671