Hug Impostures in early modern England

Representations and perceptions of fraudulent identities
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-84779-311-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

Reihe: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain

Tobias B. Hug examines a wide range of sources, from judicial archives and other official records to chronicles, newspapers, ballads, pamphlets and autobiographical writings.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hug, Tobias

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I
Identifying impostures in early modern England
1 Counterfeit beggars, bogus cunning folk and bigamists
2 Tricksters and officialdom – bogus officials and forgers
3 Quacks – all notorious medical impostors?
4 Prophets and visionaries, possessed and exorcists – all religious impostors?
5 ‘The unfortunate whose kingdom is not of this world’ – political impostures
6 Ethnic impostors
Counterfeit Egyptians
7 Gentleman impostors
Part II
Imposture and autobiography
8 The self-representation and self-perception of William Fuller (1670-1733)
Conclusion
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Hug Tobias:
Tobias B. Hug is Associate Fellow of the History Department at the University of WarwickTobias B. Hug is Associate Fellow of the History Department at the University of Warwick