A Convert's Tale: Art, Crime, and Jewish Apostasy in Renaissance Italy
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction: The Convert's Tale -- I. THE VIRTUOSO JEW -- II. APOSTASY -- III. A FAMILY OF CONVERTS -- IV. BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND JEWS -- Epilogue: One of the Faithful? -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX
| Résumé: | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction: The Convert's Tale -- I. THE VIRTUOSO JEW -- II. APOSTASY -- III. A FAMILY OF CONVERTS -- IV. BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND JEWS -- Epilogue: One of the Faithful? -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX Salomone da Sesso was a virtuoso goldsmith in Renaissance Italy. Brought down by a sex scandal, he saved his skin by converting to Catholicism. Tamar Herzig explores Salamone's world-his Jewish upbringing, his craft and patrons, and homosexuality. In his struggle for rehabilitation, we see how precarious and contested was the meaning of conversion |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 Online-Ressource (352 p) |
| Type de support: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-24255-5 |
| Accès: | restricted access |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4159/9780674242555 |
