Renaissance Impostors and Proofs of Identity

Nonfiction, History, European General, Modern
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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.

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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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