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11%OFFJean-Claude Schmitt - The Conversion of Herman the Jew: Autobiography, History, and Fiction in the Twelfth Century - 9780812222197 - V9780812222197
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The Conversion of Herman the Jew: Autobiography, History, and Fiction in the Twelfth Century

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Description for The Conversion of Herman the Jew: Autobiography, History, and Fiction in the Twelfth Century Paperback. Jean-Claude Schmitt examines a unique and controversial conversion narrative to explore its meaning within the society and culture of its period as well as what it has to tell us about the way historians think and write. Translator(s): Novikoff, Alex J. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HRJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 144 x 225 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.

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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
The Middle Ages Series
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812222197
SKU
V9780812222197
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Ref
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About Jean-Claude Schmitt
Jean-Claude Schmitt is Directeur d'Etudes, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. He is the author of many books, including Ghosts in the Middle Ages and The Holy Greyhound. Alex J. Novikoff teaches medieval history at Rhodes College.

Reviews for The Conversion of Herman the Jew: Autobiography, History, and Fiction in the Twelfth Century
"Schmitt takes us on a delightful journey through some of the topics that have interested medievalists most in recent years, through discussions of medieval autobiography, of dreams and images, and of the meaning of conversion, illuminating the ways in which the Opusculum is a text of its time."
Journal of Religion
"An important book that will stimulate historians ... Read more

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