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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Autore principale: Herzig, Tamar 1975- (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Libro
Lingua:Inglese
Servizio "Subito": Ordinare ora.
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press [2020]
In:Anno: 2020
Recensioni:[Rezension von: Herzig, Tamar, 1975-, A convert's tale] (2021) (Berns, Andrew D., 1980 -)
Altre parole chiave:B 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 HISTORY / Rinascimento
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Riepilogo: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
Descrizione fisica:1 Online-Ressource (352 p)
Tipo di documento:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:0674242556
Accesso:restricted access
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.4159/9780674242555