Converts Tale - Art, Crime, and Jewish Apostasy in Renaissance Italy

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.

About the author

Tamar Herzig is Director of the Morris E. Curiel Institute for European Studies and Professor of History at Tel Aviv University. She has published extensively on various aspects of the Italian Renaissance, gender history, and religious history. Her books include Savonarola’s Women and "Christ Transformed into a Virgin Woman": Lucia Brocadelli, Heinrich Institoris, and the Defense of the Faith.

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.

Product details

• Authors: Tamar Herzig, Herzig Tamar
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780674237537
• ISBN: 978-0-674-23753-7
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History; I TATTI STUDIES IN ITALIAN REN
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, ART / History / General, HISTORY / World, General & world history, History of Art, Gay & Lesbian studies, Renaissance art, General and world history, Renaissance style, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics