Conversions is the first collection to explicitly address the
intersections between sexed identity and religious change in the two
centuries following the Reformation. Chapters deal with topics as
diverse as convent architecture and missionary enterprise, the
replicability of print and the representation of race. Bringing together
leading scholars of literature, history and art history, Conversions
offers new insights into the varied experiences of, and responses to,
conversion across and beyond Europe. A lively Afterword by Professor
Matthew Dimmock (University of Sussex) drives home the contemporary
urgency of these themes and the lasting legacies of the Reformations. Of
interest to scholars of early modern history, literature, and
architectural history, this collection will appeal to anyone interested
in the vexed history of religious change, and the transformations of
both masculine and feminine identity.