An edition of The modulated scream: pain in late medieval culture
(2010)
The modulated scream
pain in late medieval culture
by Cohen, Esther
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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
2010, The University of Chicago Press, University of Chicago Press
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0226112675 9780226112671
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Setting the stage
Manipulating pain
The uses of suffering
"Twisting the mind": torture and truth-finding
Alleviating pain
The script of pain behavior
Knowledge from pain
The vocabulary and typology of pain
The christian history of humanity
Human and divine passion
Impassibility
Conclusion.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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