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Suspended animation : pain, pleasure and punishment in medieval culture / Robert Mills.
Van Pelt Library PN682.V55 .M55 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mills, Robert, 1973-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Violence--Europe--History--To 1500.
- Violence.
- Violence in literature.
- Violence in popular culture.
- Violence--Folklore.
- Civilization, Medieval.
- History.
- Europe--Social conditions--To 1492.
- Europe.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 248 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Reaktion Books, 2005.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Speculum of the Other Middle Ages 7
- 1 Betwixt Heaven and Earth 23
- 2 Skin Show 59
- 3 Eliminating Sodom 83
- 4 Invincible Virgins 106
- 5 Of Martyrs and Men 145
- 6 Hanging with Christ 177
- Afterword: Heaven Bent 201.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-238) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1861892608
- OCLC:
- 61177440
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