Author: | M. Eliav-Feldon | ISBN: | 9781137291370 |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | October 24, 2012 |
Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
Author: | M. Eliav-Feldon |
ISBN: | 9781137291370 |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
Publication: | October 24, 2012 |
Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Language: | English |
Early Modern Europe was teeming with impostors. Identity theft was only one form of misrepresentation: royal pretenders, envoys from imaginary lands, religious dissimulators, cross-dressers, false Gypsies - all these caused deep anxiety, leading authorities to invent increasingly sophisticated means for unmasking deception.
Early Modern Europe was teeming with impostors. Identity theft was only one form of misrepresentation: royal pretenders, envoys from imaginary lands, religious dissimulators, cross-dressers, false Gypsies - all these caused deep anxiety, leading authorities to invent increasingly sophisticated means for unmasking deception.