On the edge of truth and honesty : : principles and strategies of fraud and deceit in the early modern period /

On the edge of truth and honesty : : principles and strategies of fraud and deceit in the early modern period / / edited by Toon van Houdt.

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In the early modern period, deceit and fraud were common issues. Acutely aware of the ubiquity and multiplicity of simulation and dissimulation, people from this period made serious efforts to gain a better understanding of the phenomenon, trying to distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable, p...

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Superior document:Intersections ; 2
:
Toon Van Houdt
TeilnehmendeR:
Houdt, T. van 1966-
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [2002]
©2002
Year of Publication:2002
Language:English
French
Series:Intersections ; 2.
Physical Description:1 online resource (336 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations
  • Notes on the Editors of this Volume
  • List of Contributors
  • Introduction. Word Histories, and Beyond: Towards a Conceptualization of Fraud and Deceit in Early Modern Times, Toon van Houdt
  • I. DISCOURSES
  • 1. Erasmus on Lying and Simulation, Johannes Trapman
  • 2. Cymbalum Politicorum, Consultor Dolosus . Two Dutch Academics on Niccolò Machiavelli, Paul van Heck
  • 3. The Hidden Self of the Hypocrite, Jacques Bos
  • 4. Dissimulation et Secret chez Vauvenargues, Daniel Acke
  • 5. Spinoza and the Idea of Religious Imposture, Wiep van Bunge
  • II. PRACTICES
  • 6. Perceptions of Deceit and Innovation in the Antwerp Textile Industry (Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries), Alfons K.L. Thijs
  • 7. The Seventeenth-Century Antwerp Elite and Status Honour. The Presentation of Self and the Manipulation of Social Perception, Bert Timmermans
  • III. REPRESENTATIONS
  • 8. Testing or Tempting? The Limits of Permissible Deceit in Early Modern English Drama, Paul J.C.M. Franssen
  • 9. Tromper les Plus Clair-Voyans . The Counterfeit of Precious Stones in the Work of Rémy Belleau, Evelien Chayes
  • 10. 'Taste the Fare and Chew it with Your Eyes': A Painting by Pieter Pietersz and the Amusing Deceit in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Dutch and Flemish Kitchen Scenes, Zoran Kwak
  • 11. A Singing Siren, Enchanting Men to Sleep. Musical Deceit in Dutch Renaissance Drama, Natascha Veldhorst
  • 12. Who Do Beggars Deceive? Adriaen van de Venne, Recreational Literature and the Pleasure of Forging Texts, Marc van Vaeck & Johan Verberckmoes
  • Index Nominum.

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