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Mitchell
B. Merback.
The
Thief, the Cross and the Wheel: Pain and the Spectacle of Punishment in
Medieval and Renaissance Europe.
London: Reaktion Books, 1999.
Picturing History series.
ISBN
1861890982.
Paperback, stitch bound.
153x230mm.
352pp inc. 119 illustrations (33 of
these in colour).
English.
Top outside corner of front cover a little
curled,
base of pages slightly grubby, otherwise good to very good (unused)
condition.
This
item £8.50
Publisher's
price £14.95
Contents:
The rise of Calvary; The 2 thieves crucified - bodies, weapons &
the technologies of pain; The broken body as spectacle; Pain &
spectacle - rituals of punishment in late medieval Europe; The wheel -
symbol, image, screen; The cross & the wheel; Dysmas & Gestas -
model & anti-model; Image & spectacle in the era of art.
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