Who Are You?: Identification, Deception, and Surveillance in Early Modern Europe »

Valentin Groebner is professor of medieval and Renaissance history at the University of Lucerne. He is the author of Liquid Assets, Dangerous Gifts and Who Are You? Identification, Deception, and Surveillance in Early Modern Europe.

The prehistory of modern passport and identification technologies: the documents, seals, and stamps, that could document and transform their owner's identity.

The Washington Post - Michael Dirda

In Who Are You? Valentin Groebner shows us that the surveillance and security culture of the 21st century has a long history, as does that of its counterculture of fakes, forgeries and impostors.