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

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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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Silverman, Lisa
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Torture > France > History.
Criminal justice, Administration of > France > History.
Torture > history
Criminal Law > history
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Criminal justice, Administration of
Torture
Folter
Justiz
Martelen.
Rechtspleging.
Dwaling (recht)
Machtsmisbruik.
Torture > France > 18e siècle.
Droit pénal > France > 18e siècle.
France
Frankreich
History
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