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Tortured subjects : pain, truth, and the body in early modern France /

At one time in Europe, there was a point to pain: physical suffering could be a path to redemption. This religious notion suggested that truth was lodged in the body and could be achieved through torture. In Tortured Subjects, Lisa Silverman tells the haunting story of how this idea became a fixed p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Silverman, Lisa
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo