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
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, MA
Harvard University Press
[2020]
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Herzig, Tamar, 1975-, A convert's tale] (2021) (Berns, Andrew D., 1980 -)
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Christian converts from Judaism (Italy)
History 16th century
B Art patronage (Italy) History B Christian converts from Judaism (Italy) History To 1500 B Goldsmiths (Italy) Biography B Renaissance / HISTORY |
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| Summary: | 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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| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 0674242556 |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4159/9780674242555 |