| 紀錄類型: |
書目-電子資源
: 單行本
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| 作者: |
Eliav-FeldonMiriam, 1946- |
| 出版地: |
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York |
| 出版者: |
Palgrave Macmillan; |
| 出版年: |
2013 |
| 面頁冊數: |
1 online resource. |
| 標題: |
Impostors and imposture - History - Europe - 15th century. - |
| 標題: |
Impostors and imposture - History - Europe - 16th century. - |
| 標題: |
Renaissance. - |
| 標題: |
TRUE CRIME / Hoaxes & Deceptions - |
| 電子資源: |
http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137291370 |
| 附註: |
Description based on print version record. |
| 摘要註: |
Early Modern Europe was an "Age of Impostors". Religious dissimulation was rife not only in Iberia with its crypto-Jews and crypto-Muslims, but also, following the Reformation, wherever non-conformists had to conceal their beliefs. Geographical expansion offered various opportunities for forging new identities b6 s as envoys of imaginary princes or as cross-dressers living for years as members of the opposite sex. Satan was believed to be turning old ladies into his minions. Vagrants transformed themselves into the "deserving poor". Gypsies travelled under various false pretences. All these identity deceptions increased manifold the authorities' fear that things were not what they seemed, and sparked a frantic search for reliable means of identification. Offenders of all kinds were branded; sumptuary legislation was intended to create a clearly visible social hierarchy; and vast bureaucratic machineries were erected to investigate identities, issue licenses and control movement. |
| ISBN: |
9781137291370electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
1137291370electronic bk. |
| 內容註: |
Introducing an age of impostors Religious dissimulation False ambassadors, fabulous lands Underworlds Gypsies, or Such as do counterfeit The body as evidence Judging by appearances Paperwork : identification documents Conclusion : reserving judgement. |