The thief, the cross, and the wheel; pain and the spectacle of punishment in medieval and Renaissance Europe
by Merback, Mitchell B
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, light soiling to fore-edges and front board, pages are bright, binding is tight, /near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0226520153
- ISBN 13
- 9780226520155
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About This Item
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, light soiling to fore-edges and front board, pages are bright, binding is tight, faint soiling to rear DJ, pale sunning to DJ spine, else near fine(+) in near fine(+) DJ./near fine. Large octavo in reddish brown color illus DJ, gilt to spine, 351 pages, chiefly b&w illustrations (some color), 25 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. || "Christ's Crucifixion is one of the most recognized images in Western visual culture, and it has come to stand as a universal symbol of both suffering and salvation. But often overlooked in this symbolic language is the fact that ultimately the Crucifixion is a scene of capital punishment. In The Thief, the Cross and the Wheel, Mitchell Merback reconstructs the religious, legal, and historical context of the Crucifixion and of other images of public torture. The result is an account of a time when criminal justice and religion were entirely interrelated and punishment was a visual spectacle devoured by a popular audience."--Jacket. Contents: 'A shameful place': the rise of Calvary -- The two thieves crucified: bodies, weapons and the technologies of pain -- The broken body as spectacle -- Pain and spectacle: rituals of punishment in late medieval Europe -- The wheel: symbol, image, screen -- The cross and the wheel -- Dysmas and gestas: model and anti-model -- Image and spectacle in the era of art. Torture in art, Executions and executioners, Art, Medieval.
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- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
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- Title
- The thief, the cross, and the wheel; pain and the spectacle of punishment in medieval and Renaissance Europe
- Author
- Merback, Mitchell B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, light soiling to fore-edges and front board, pages are bright, binding is tight,
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (full number line)
- ISBN 10
- 0226520153
- ISBN 13
- 9780226520155
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1999
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