Contacto
Cómo comprar
Entrega
Guía de compras
Modulated Scream
Inglés
195 b
Hasta 30 días para devoluciones
Clientes que también han comprado
/
Tapa blanda
34.49
€
/
Tapa blanda
57.19
€
/
Tapa blanda
34.29
€
In the late medieval era, pain could be a symbol of holiness, disease, sin, or truth. It could be encouragement to lead a moral life, a punishment for wrongdoing, or a method of healing. Exploring the varied depictions and descriptions of pain - from martyrdom narratives to practices of torture and surgery - "The Modulated Scream" attempts to decode this culture of suffering in the Middle Ages. Esther Cohen brings to life the cacophony of howls emerging from the written record of physicians, torturers, theologians, and mystics. In considering how people understood suffering, explained it, and meted it out, Cohen discovers that pain was imbued with multiple meanings. While interpreting pain was the province only of the rarified elite, harnessing pain for religious, moral, legal, and social purposes was a practice that pervaded all classes of medieval life. In the overlap of these contradictory attitudes about what pain was for - how it was to be understood and who should use it - Cohen reveals the distinct and often conflicting cultural traditions and practices of late medieval Europeans. Ambitious and wide-ranging, "The Modulated Scream" is intellectual history at its most acute.
Sobre el libro
Inglés
Categorías
Regale este libro hoy
Es fácil
1 Añadir al carrito y elegir Entregar como regalo en el checkout 2 Le enviaremos un vale 3 El libro llegará a la dirección del destinatarioTambién puede interesarle
/
Tapa blanda
11.19
€
/
Tapa blanda
19.69
€
/
Tapa dura
214.89
€
¡Hola! Soy Libroamiko, tu asesor de libros.
¿Cómo puedo ayudarte?