The modulated scream : pain in late medieval culture /
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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2009
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| 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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| Physical Description: | xiii, 393 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226112671 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226112675 (cloth : alk. paper) |