Renaissance impostors and proofs of ...
Eliav-Feldon, Miriam, (1946-)

 

  • Renaissance impostors and proofs of identity[electronic resource] /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 364.16/3309409023
    書名/作者: Renaissance impostors and proofs of identity/ Miriam Eliav-Feldon.
    作者: Eliav-Feldon, Miriam,
    出版者: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; : Palgrave Macmillan,, 2013.
    面頁冊數: 1 online resource.
    標題: Impostors and imposture - History - 15th century. - Europe
    標題: Impostors and imposture - History - 16th century. - Europe
    標題: Renaissance.
    標題: TRUE CRIME / Hoaxes & Deceptions
    ISBN: 9781137291370 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 1137291370 (electronic bk.)
    書目註: Includes bibliographical references and index.
    內容註: Introducing an age of impostors -- Religious dissimulation -- False ambassadors, fabulous lands -- Underworlds -- Gypsies, or Such as do counterfeit -- The body as evidence -- Judging by appearances -- Paperwork : identification documents -- Conclusion : reserving judgement.
    摘要、提要註: Early Modern Europe was an "Age of Impostors". Religious dissimulation was rife not only in Iberia with its crypto-Jews and crypto-Muslims, but also, following the Reformation, wherever non-conformists had to conceal their beliefs. Geographical expansion offered various opportunities for forging new identities b6 s as envoys of imaginary princes or as cross-dressers living for years as members of the opposite sex. Satan was believed to be turning old ladies into his minions. Vagrants transformed themselves into the "deserving poor". Gypsies travelled under various false pretences. All these identity deceptions increased manifold the authorities' fear that things were not what they seemed, and sparked a frantic search for reliable means of identification. Offenders of all kinds were branded; sumptuary legislation was intended to create a clearly visible social hierarchy; and vast bureaucratic machineries were erected to investigate identities, issue licenses and control movement.
    電子資源: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137291370
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