Tobias Hug

Impostures in Early Modern England

Representations and Perceptions of Fraudulent Identities

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Impostors and impostures featured prominently in the political, social and religious life of early modern England. Who was likely to be perceived as impostor, and why? This book offers the first full-scale analysis of an important and multifaceted phenomenon. Tobias B. Hug examines a wide range of sources, from judicial archives and other official records to chronicles, newspapers, ballads, pamphlets and autobiographical writings. This closely argued and pioneering book will be of interest to specialists, students and anyone concerned with the timeless questions of why and how individuals fashion, re-fashion and make sense of their selves.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lund University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 152mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780719079849
• ISBN-10: 0719079845
• Artikelnr.: 26957897

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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