Dissimulation and deceit in early modern Europe. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Miriam Eliav-Feldon, Professor Emerita of Early Modern History, Tel-Aviv University, Israel and Tamar Herzig, Associate Professor of Early Modern History, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
• Other Names: Eliav-Feldon, Miriam, 1946-; Herzig, Tamar
• Contents: 1. Introduction / Miriam Eliav-Feldon -- 2. Superstition and Dissimulation : Discerning False Religion in the Fifteenth Century / Michael D. Bailey -- 3. "Mendacium officiosum" : Alberico Gentili's Ways of Lying / Vincenzo Lavenia -- 4. Dissimulation and Conversion : Francesco Pucci's Return to Catholicism / Giorgio Caravale -- 5. The Identity Game : Ambiguous Religious Attachments in Seventeenth-Century Lyon / Monica Martinat -- 6. From "Marranos" to "Unbelievers" : The Spanish Peccadillo in Sixteenth Century Italy / Stefania Pastore -- 7. Recidivist Converts in Early Modern Europe / Moshe Sluhovsky -- 8. A Hybrid Identity : Jewish Convert, Christian Mystic and Demoniac / Adelisa Malena -- 9. Beyond Simulation : An Enquiry Concerning Demonic Possession / Guido Dall'Olio -- 10. Genuine and Fraudulent Stigmatics in the Sixteenth Century / Tamar Herzig -- 11. Real, Fake or Megalomaniacs? : Three Suspicious Ambassadors, 1450-1600 / Giorgio Rota -- 12. Between Madrid and Ophir : Erédia, a Deceitful Discoverer / Jorge Flores.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (264 pages)
• Subjects: 940.2/32; Social History; HISTORY / Europe / General; HISTORY / Social History; RELIGION / History; Europe/General; European history; Social & cultural history; Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700; Truthfulness and falsehood -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History -- Congresses; Deception -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History -- Congresses; Fraud -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History -- Congresses; Impostors and imposture -- Europe -- History -- Congresses; Identity (Psychology) -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History -- Congresses; Identity (Psychology) -- Europe -- Religious aspects -- History -- Congresses; Europe -- History -- 1492-1648 -- Congresses; Europe -- Social life and customs -- Congresses; Europe -- Religious life and customs -- Congresses
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137447500; 1137447508
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