Conversions

In early modern Europe, pressure from the Protestant and Catholic Reformations, the growing might of the Ottoman Empire, and New World encounters meant that an unprecedented number of people were confronted by new beliefs and changing religious identities. Conversions brings together leading scholars from across the disciplines of literature, history, art and architectural history to investigate the interlinked transformations of gender and religious identity in this turbulent period.

A lively Afterword by Professor Matthew Dimmock (University of Sussex) drives home the lasting legacy of the Reformations and the contemporary urgency of the collected chapters.

La inceputul Europei moderne, presiunea din partea reformelor protestante si catolice, puterea tot mai mare a Imperiului Otoman si intalnirile din Lumea Noua au insemnat ca un numar fara precedent de oameni se confruntau cu noi credinte si cu schimbarea identitatilor religioase. Conversions reuneste cercetatori de renume din toate disciplinele literaturii, istoriei, artei si istoriei arhitecturii pentru a investiga transformarile legate de gen si identitate religioasa in aceasta perioada turbulenta.