Tortured Subjects : Pain, Truth, and the Body in Early Modern France
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0226757544
ISBN-13
9780226757544
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Imprint
University of Chicago Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 15th, 2001
Print length
296 Pages
Weight
436 grams
Dimensions
15.40 x 22.90 x 4.90 cms
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This text tells the story of how the idea that physical suffering could be a path to redemption became a fixed part of the French legal system during the early modern period. Using documents from criminal cases, it looks at the theory and practice of judicial torture in France from 1600 to 1788.
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