In this book, twelve scholars of early modern history analyse various categories and cases of deception and false identity in the age of geographical discoveries and of forced conversions: from two-faced conversos to serial converts, from demoniacs to stigmatics, and from self-appointed ambassadors to lying cosmographer.
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Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
Publication Date: 14 Sep 2015
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781137447487
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Professor (Emerita) Miriam Eliav-Feldon taught early modern history at Tel Aviv University Israel for several decades and served as Chairperson of its history department in the years 1996-2000. Her publications include several books and many articles in Hebrew English and French on Renaissance utopias pacifism and peace plans origins of racism and invented identities. Tamar Herzig is Associate Professor of early modern history at Tel Aviv University Israel where she also serves as Director of the Morris E. Curiel Institute for European Studies. Her publications include Savonarola's Women: Visions and Reform in Renaissance Italy (2008; published in Italian 2014) and 'Christ Transformed into a Virgin Woman': Lucia Brocadelli Heinrich Institoris and the Defense of the Faith (2013) as well as numerous articles.