Fake

Famous Forged Documents and Their Historical Legacy

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

Throughout history, forgers have attempted to fabricate documents to manipulate the historical record. The book explores the most egregious cases--their intent, effectiveness, exposure and significance--from the Donation of Constantine to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion to the Hitler Diaries. Ironically, forgeries have helped advance the discipline of history. Case studies trace how scholars worked to reveal the truth behind bogus manuscripts while developing new tools and standards for accuracy and authenticity. In the age of "fake news" and digital editing software, the spectacular history of fraud in print has never been more relevant.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-10-04
Mått:178 x 254 x 15 mm
Vikt:540 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:301
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9781476678399

Utforska kategorier

Historia: teori och metod inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Dónal O’Sullivan is a history professor at California State University, Northridge, and his research areas are Russian history and 20th century European history.

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Forgeries in Antiquity2. Pious Fraud: On Christian Pseudo-Epigraphy3. The Pseudo-Isidorian Decretals: The Perpetual Puzzle4. To Dare to Speak Out: Lorenzo Valla and the Donation of Constantine5. Tuscan Pride: Viterbo, Volterra and the Etruscan Scarith6. The Forged Past: Romantic Imagination and Nationalism7. Charles Bertram: The Forger of Roman Britain8. The Wagenfeld Case9. The Case of Constantine Simonides10. Nationalist Myths: Herder’s Influence11. The Fame of the Nation: Hanka’s Czech Forgeries12. British Forgeries: Parnell and Piggott13. Peter the Great’s Fourteen Points: Russia’s Master Plan14. Forged Autographs: The Duped Mathematician15. Patriotic Fraud: The “Faux Henry” of the Dreyfus Case16. Fabricating Hatred: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion17. Chinese Mirrors: The Mannix and Backhouse Forgeries18. Fanning the Red Scare: The Zinoviev Letter19. Washington’s Regrets: American Forgeries20. Fabricated Frontier History: The Horn Papers21. The FBI “Suicide Letter” to Martin Luther King, Jr.22. Cold War Campaigns: Soviet Disinformation Forgeries23. Texfake: Forged Documents from the Alamo Period24. Master Forger, Duped Historian: The Hitler Diaries25. Rathergate: The Killian Documents26. Letter from the Desert: The “Gay Jesus” Gospel27. Invented Fragments: The Fake Holocaust Survivor28. Forging with Photopolymer Plates: Galileo’s Starry MessengerConclusion: How Forged Documents Benefit HistoryChapter NotesBibliographyIndex