A Convert's Tale : : Art, Crime, and Jewish Apostasy in Renaissance Italy / / Tamar Herzig.
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...
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2020] ©2019 |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
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Summary: | 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: | 9780674242555 9783110704716 9783110704518 9783110704730 9783110704525 9783110652031 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674242555?locatt=mode:legacy |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Tamar Herzig. |