Title: The sense of suffering
Description: "The early modern period is a particularly relevant and fascinating chapter in the history of pain. This volume investigates early modern constructions of physical pain from a variety of disciplines, including religious, legal and medical history, literary criticism, philosophy, and art history. The contributors examine how early modern culture interpreted physical pain, as it presented itself for instance during illness, but also analyse the ways in which early moderns employed the idea of physical suffering as a powerful rhetorical tool in debates over other issues, such as the nature of ritual, notions of masculinity, selfhood and community, definitions of religious experience, and the nature of political power."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Culture, History, Early Modern 1451-1600, Literature, Pain, History, 17th Century, History, Christianity, Church history, History, modern, 17th century, Europe, social life and customs, Literature--history, Christianity--history, Pain--history, Pain--europe--history, Pain--religious aspects--christianity, Pain--christianity, Rb127 .s398 2009, 2010 a-001, Wl 11 ga1 s478 2009, 306.4/61, Religious aspects
Places: Europe