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M Merback, Mitchell Merback, Mitchell B. Merback

Thief, the Cross and the Wheel - Pain Spectacle of Punishment in Medieval Renaissance Europe

English · Paperback / Softback

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Summary

When spectators in the Middle Ages examined images of Christ's crucifixion on Mount Calvary, did they ever consider them as representations of capital punishment? This book traces out the extraordinary connections between religious devotion, bodily pain, criminal justice and judicial spectatorship to explain why this was so.

Product details

Authors	M Merback, Mitchell Merback, Mitchell B. Merback
Publisher	Reaktion Books

Languages	English
Product format	Paperback / Softback
Released	01.03.2001

EAN	9781861890986
ISBN	978-1-86189-098-6
No. of pages	352
Series	Picturing History Picturing History
Subject	Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history

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