The Conversion of Herman the Jew: Autobiography, History, and Fiction in the Twelfth Century by Jean-Claude Schmitt

The Conversion of Herman the Jew: Autobiography, History, and Fiction in the Twelfth Century

Middle Ages

Jean-Claude Schmitt with Alex J. Novikoff (Translator)

320 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography historical history religion challenging medium-paced
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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...

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