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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 1861890265;
ISBN-13: 9781861890269.
Hardback, stitch bound.
160x240x28mm.
352pp inc. 119 illustrations (33 of these in colour).
English.
Good condition. 

This item £30.00 
[Publisher's price for paperback £14.99]
930g. 

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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