Tortured Subjects

Pain, Truth, And The Body In Early Modern France

by Lisa Silverman
language: english
Publisher: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS, May of 2001 ‧
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This text tells the story of how the idea that physical suffering could be a path to redemption became a fixed part of the French legal system during the early modern period. Using documents from criminal cases, it looks at the theory and practice of judicial torture in France from 1600 to 1788.

Tortured Subjects

Pain, Truth, And The Body In Early Modern France

by Lisa Silverman

Property Description
ISBN: 9780226757537
Publisher: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
Release Date: May of 2001
Language: English
Dimensions: 16 x 24 x 2 mm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 296
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > History > History of Europe
Books in English > Others
EAN: 9780226757537