Introduction: Conversion Narratives in the Early Modern World

TY - JOUR

T1 - Introduction: Conversion Narratives in the Early Modern World

AU - Mazur, Peter

AU - Shinn, Abigail Naomi

N1 - Special double issue of Journal of Early Modern History with six articles and a 3,864 word co-authored introduction

PY - 2013

Y1 - 2013

N2 - In the early modern world the process of describing a conversion experience was often as important, and problematic, as the conversion itself, and the resulting texts illustrate the extent to which conversion and its effects permeated cultural forms. Charting the discursive nature of conversion narratives, which were frequently translated into foreign languages and crossed international boundaries, this introduction discusses the problems inherent in narrating religious change, considers the current historiography, and outlines the premise for this collection.

AB - In the early modern world the process of describing a conversion experience was often as important, and problematic, as the conversion itself, and the resulting texts illustrate the extent to which conversion and its effects permeated cultural forms. Charting the discursive nature of conversion narratives, which were frequently translated into foreign languages and crossed international boundaries, this introduction discusses the problems inherent in narrating religious change, considers the current historiography, and outlines the premise for this collection.

U2 - 10.1163/15700658-12342375

DO - 10.1163/15700658-12342375

M3 - Article

SN - 1385-3783

VL - 17

SP - 427

EP - 436

JO - Journal of Early Modern History

JF - Journal of Early Modern History

IS - 5-6

ER -