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Podcast: New Books in Italian Studies
Episode: Stefania Tutino, "A Fake Saint and the Real Church: The Story of a Forgery in Seventeenth-Century Naples" (Oxford UP, 2021)
Description: Stefania Tutino, Professor and Peter Reill Chair in European History at UCLA talks about her new book, A Fake Saint and the True Church: the Story of a Forgery in Seventeenth-Century Naples (Oxford UP, 2021), why history remains relevant and also very fun, and the role of narrative and historical imagination in the development of compassion for our fellow humans. This episode is as much a lively conversation as an interview about some fascinating subject matter. A Fake Saint and the True Church uncovers the remarkable story of a fake saint to tell a tale about truth. It begin...