Torture by Edward Peters

Torture by Edward Peters

"In the restrained prose of Torture lies a passionate message about the intentional violation of the bodies of human beings, in our time and in the past."-New York Times

"In the restrained prose of Torture lies a passionate message about the intentional violation of the bodies of human beings, in our time and in the past" * New York Times *
"Torture goes beyond the solemn declaration of evil's banality. It offers an explanation of how institutional characteristics-even more strongly than personal ones like sadism or psychosis-produce that evil. It contributes to our understanding-if we dare call it that-of how creatures who begin by crying for their mothers can graduate to bashing in heads." * Philadelphia Inquirer *
"A masterful analytical history of torture's emergence in Roman law, its insertion into the medieval law of proof, its gradual abolition after 1750, and its dreadful recrudescence in modern times. The book is an exemplary application of historical scholarship to an issue where emotions tend to run ahead of reason." * Times Literary Supplement *

Edward Peters is Henry Charles Lea Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. His publications include The Magician, the Witch, and the Law, Heresy and Authority in Medieval Europe, The First Crusade, and, with Alan C. Kors, Witchcraft in Europe, 400-1700: A Documentary History, all available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

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ISBN 13	9780812215991
ISBN 10	0812215990
Title	Torture
Author	Edward Peters
Series	Anniversary Collection
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of Pennsylvania Press
Year published	1996-10-29
Number of pages	304
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