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Thief, the Cross, and the Wheel : Pain and the Spectacle of Punishment in Medieval and Renaissance Europe by Mitchell B. Merback (1999, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press

ISBN-100226520153

ISBN-139780226520155

eBay Product ID (ePID)1135053

Product Key Features

Number of Pages280 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameThief, the Cross, and the Wheel : Pain and the Spectacle of Punishment in Medieval and Renaissance Europe

Publication Year1999

SubjectChristian Theology / Christology, Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, History / Medieval, Subjects & Themes / Religious, Penology, European, History / Renaissance

TypeTextbook

AuthorMitchell B. Merback

Subject AreaArt, Religion, Social Science

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight32.7 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN98-041726

Dewey Edition21

TitleLeadingThe

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal704.9/4936466

Table Of ContentPreface Introduction 1. 'A Shameful Place': The Rise of Calvary 2. The Two Thieves Crucified: Bodies, Weapons and the Technologies of Pain 3. The Broken Body as Spectacle 4. Pain and Spectacle: Rituals of Punishment in Late Medieval Europe 5. The Wheel: Symbol, Image, Screen 6. The Cross and the Wheel 7. Dysmas and Gestas: Model and Anti-model 8. Image and Spectacle in the Era of Art Epilogue References Select Bibliography Photographic Acknowledgments Index

SynopsisChrist's Crucifixion is one of the most recognized images in Western culture, and it has come to stand as a universal symbol of both suffering and salvation. But often overlooked is the fact that ultimately the Crucifixion is a scene of capital punishment. Mitchell Merback reconstructs the religious, legal, and historical context of the Crucifixion and of other images of public torture. The result is a fascinating account of a time when criminal justice and religion were entirely interrelated and punishment was a visual spectacle devoured by a popular audience. Merback compares the images of Christ's Crucifixion with those of the two thieves who met their fate beside Jesus. In paintings by well-known Northern European masters and provincial painters alike, Merback finds the two thieves subjected to incredible cruelty, cruelty that artists could not depict in their scenes of Christ's Crucifixion because of theological requirements. Through these representations Merback explores the ways audiences in early modern Europe understood images of physical suffering and execution. The frequently shocking works also provide a perspective from which Merback examines the live spectacle of public torture and execution and how audiences were encouraged by the Church and the State to react to the experience. Throughout, Merback traces the intricate and extraordinary connections among religious art, devotional practice, bodily pain, punishment, and judicial spectatorship. Keenly aware of the difficulties involved in discussing images of atrocious violence but determined to make them historically comprehensible, Merback has written an informed and provocative study that reveals the rituals of medieval criminal justice and the visual experiences they engendered.

LC Classification NumberN8257.M47 1999