Renaissance Impostors and Proofs of Identity [electronic resource] /
Eliav-Feldon, M.author.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
Social history.
Europe-History.
History, Modern.
Civilization-History.
World history.
Social History.
European History.
Modern History.
Cultural History.
World History, Global and Transnational History.