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Jean-Claude Schmitt

The Conversion of Herman the Jew

Autobiography, History, and Fiction in the Twelfth Century

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Sometime toward the middle of the twelfth century, it is supposed, an otherwise obscure figure, born a Jew in Cologne and later ordained as a priest in Cappenberg in Westphalia, wrote a Latin account of his conversion to Christianity. Known as the Opusculum, this book purportedly by Herman, the former Jew may well be the first autobiography to be written in the West after the Confessions of Saint Augustine. It may also be something else entirely.In The Conversion of Herman the Jew the eminent French historian Jean-Claude Schmitt examines this singular text and the ways in which it has divided its readers. Where some have seen it as an authent… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Novikoff, Alex J. (Übers.)
  • ISBN: 978-0-8122-0875-7
  • EAN: 9780812208757
  • Produktnummer: 18397250
  • Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
  • Seitenangabe: 320 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 2'486 KB
  • Abbildungen: 9 illus.

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Jean-Claude Schmitt. Translated by Alex J. Novikoff

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