A Convert’s Tale: Art, Crime and Jewish Apostasy in Renaissance Italy, by Tamar Herzig

Simon Ditchfield is intrigued by a tale of gambling, conversion and betrayal in Renaissance Italy

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March 12, 2020

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March 12, 2020

Simon Ditchfield

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