Renaissance Impostors and Proofs of Identity

Eliav-Feldon, M.

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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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2012-10-24

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230547063

DOI: 10.1057/9781137291370

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 291