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The Conversion of Herman the Jew: Autobiography, History, and Fiction in the Twelfth Century
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, the former Jew" may well be the first autobiography to be written in the West af
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320 pages
Published
July 31st 2012
by University of Pennsylvania Press
(first published January 1st 2003)
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Jean-Claude Schmitt (born March 4, 1946 in Colmar) is a prominent French medievalist, the former student of Jacques Le Goff. He studies the socio-cultural aspects of medieval history in Western Europe and has made important contributions in his use of anthropological and art historical methods to interpret history. His most significant work has dealt with the relationships among elites and laymen
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