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The conversion of Herman the Jew : autobiography, history, and fiction in the twelfth century / Jean-Claude Schmitt ; translated by Alex J. Novikoff.

Title
The conversion of Herman the Jew : autobiography, history, and fiction in the twelfth century / Jean-Claude Schmitt ; translated by Alex J. Novikoff.
Author
Schmitt, Jean Claude.
Publication
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2010.

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Additional Authors
  • Gottfried, von Cappenberg, approximately 1097-1127.
  • Herman, of Scheda, active 12th century.
Description
302 p., [6] p. of plates : ill., map; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Middle Ages series
Uniform Title
  • Conversion d'Hermann le juif. English
  • Middle Ages series
  • Project Muse UPCC books
Alternative Title
Conversion d'Hermann le juif.
Subject
  • Christian converts from Judaism > Germany > Biography > History and criticism
  • Herman, of Scheda, active 12th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-296) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Fiction and truth -- Medieval autobiography -- The dream and its interpretation -- Conversion to images -- Baptism and name -- "A new era of conversion." -- Extract from the Vita of Godfried, Count of Cappenburg -- Herman the former Jew: short work on the subject of his conversion [text in English].
ISBN
9780812242546 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2010004925
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library