Autobiography, History, and Fiction in the Twelfth Century
by
Jean-Claude Schmitt
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
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 Opusculum, this book purportedly by "Herman,...