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The Conversion of Herman the Jew Autobiography History and Fiction in the Twelfth Century - The Middle Ages Series Author: Sometime toward the middle of the twelfth century, it is supposed, an otherwise obscure figure, born a Jew in Cologne and later a priest in Cappenberg in Westphalia, wrote a Latin account of his conversion to Christianity. Known as the Opusculum, this book purportedly by "Herman, the former Jew" may well be the first autobiography to be w... more »
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