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

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2001
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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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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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Format: Paperback
Pages: 296
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Chicago University Press
Published: 11 Jun 2001
ISBN 10: 0226757544
ISBN 13: 9780226757544