All Stories

  1. Impostures in Early Modern England
  2. ‘The unfortunate whose kingdom is not of this world’1 – political impostures
  3. Conclusion
  4. Introduction
  5. Ethnic impostors
  6. Gentleman impostors
  7. Counterfeit beggars, bogus cunning folk and bigamists
  8. Tricksters and officialdom – bogus officials and forgers
  9. Quacks – all notorious medical impostors?
  10. Prophets and visionaries, possessed and exorcists – all religious impostors?
  11. The self-representation and self-perception of William Fuller (1670–1733)