{"product_id":"the-modulated-scream-9780226112671","title":"The Modulated Scream","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploring 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49399946641751,"sku":"9780226112671","price":64.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-modulated-scream-9780226112671","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}