A convert's tale art, crime, and Jewish apostasy in Renaissance Italy

"An intimate portrait, based on newly discovered archival sources, of one of the most famous Jewish artists of the Italian Renaissance who, charged with a scandalous crime, rejected his faith and converted to Catholicism. In 1491 the renowned Jewish goldsmith Salomone da Sesso converted to Cath...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Herzig, Tamar (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press 2019
Colección:I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history.
Temas:
Fedeli, Ercole dei, > approximately 1465-
To 1599
Christian converts from Judaism > Italy > History > To 1500.
Christian converts from Judaism > Italy > History > 16th century.
Goldsmiths > Italy > Biography.
Art patronage > Italy > History.
Juifs convertis au christianisme > Italie > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Orfèvres > Italie > Biographies.
Mécénat > Italie > Histoire.
Art patronage
Christian converts from Judaism
Goldsmiths
Italy
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The convert's tale
  • I. The virtuoso Jew: a moneylender's son turned goldsmith
  • The Jewish widow's testament
  • Eleonora of Aragon's court goldsmith
  • A murdered child
  • Friends and foes
  • II. Apostasy: A Jewish sodomite?
  • Conversions: voluntary and coerced
  • Princely justice and Christian piety
  • Baptizing the Jews
  • III. A family of converts: a haunting past
  • Travels and troubles
  • Cesare Borgia's "Queen of Swords"
  • Anna: Lucrezia Borgia's damsel
  • Sister Theodora: from Jewish girl to bride of Christ
  • the family workshop: Master Ercole and his sons
  • IV. Between Christians and Jews: In prison, again
  • Plague and malaria
  • Ferrara at war
  • Glitter and grief
  • Gold pawned to the Jews
  • Epilogue: One of the faithful?

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