The black legend of Prince Rupert's dog : witchcraft and propaganda during the English Civil War /

The story of Boy, the canine companion of Charles I's nephew, Prince Rupert, whose fame as a dog-witch was one of the stranger consequences of the English Civil War.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stoyle, Mark
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Exeter, UK : University of Exeter Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Rupert, > Prince, Count Palatine, > 1619-1682.
Rupert, > Prince, Count Palatine, > 1619-1682
1400-1649
Propaganda, British > History > 15th century.
Witchcraft > Great Britain > 15th century.
Propagande britannique > Histoire > 15e siècle.
Sorcellerie > Grande-Bretagne > 15e siècle.
Propaganda, British
Witchcraft
Great Britain > History > Civil War, 1642-1649.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1642-1649 (Guerre civile)
Great Britain
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Boy and the historians
  • The prince and the poodle : before the Civil War
  • 'Dutchland devil' : the prince and the pamphleteers, August-December 1642
  • 'Lapland lady' : the poodle and the pamphleteers, January-February 1643
  • 'Imagining Boy' : the roots of the myth
  • 'Occult celebrity' : Boy in the public eye, February-August 1643
  • 'A dog's elegy' : from Newbury to Marston Moor, September 1643 to July 1644
  • A dog's legacy : after Marston Moor.

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