Tortured Subjects: Pain, Truth, and the Body in Early Modern France

by Lisa Silverman

Book Overview

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 part of the French legal system during the early modern period.

Looking closely at the theory and practice of judicial torture in France...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226757544
• ISBN13: 9780226757544
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"