The Conversion of Herman the Jew : : Autobiography, History, and Fiction in the Twelfth Century / / Jean-Claude Schmitt.
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, th...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2013] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Middle Ages Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 p.) :; 9 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Fiction and Truth
- Chapter 2. Medieval Autobiography
- Chapter 3. The Dream and Its Interpretation
- Chapter 4. Conversion to Images
- Chapter 5. Baptism and Name
- Chapter 6. ''A New Era of Conversion''
- Conclusion
- Extract from the Vita of Godfried, Count of Cappenburg (c. 1150-1155)
- Herman the Former Jew: Short Work on the Subject of His Conversion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments