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A Convert’s Tale

- Art, Crime, and Jewish Apostasy in Renaissance Italy

Om A Convert’s Tale

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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  • Språk:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674237537
  • Bindende:
  • Hardback
  • Sider:
  • 400
  • Utgitt:
  • 3. desember 2019
  • Dimensjoner:
  • 163x240x35 mm.
  • Vekt:
  • 772 g.
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Leveringstid: Ukjent

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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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