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Exploring the varied depictions and descriptions of pain - from martyrdom narratives to practices of torture and surgery - this title attempts to decode this culture of suffering in the Middle Ages. It presents the cacophony of howls emerging from the written record of physicians, torturers, theologians, and mystics.

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"A remarkable achievement, an essay in intellectual and social history of the highest quality. The Modulated Scream will become a standard point of reference for scholars wishing to find their way through the dense thicket of medieval pain perception." - Robert Mills, King's College London.

The Modulated Scream

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/05/2010
      ISBN13: 9780226112671, 978-0226112671
      ISBN10: 0226112675

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Exploring the varied depictions and descriptions of pain - from martyrdom narratives to practices of torture and surgery - this title attempts to decode this culture of suffering in the Middle Ages. It presents the cacophony of howls emerging from the written record of physicians, torturers, theologians, and mystics.

      Trade Review
      "A remarkable achievement, an essay in intellectual and social history of the highest quality. The Modulated Scream will become a standard point of reference for scholars wishing to find their way through the dense thicket of medieval pain perception." - Robert Mills, King's College London.

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