The prophecy of the White King is an English political-astrological prophecy dating from medieval times. In its earlier form it may have referred to Stephen, King of England (c. 1092–1154). It was revived 1644 by William Lilly in his booklet A Prophecy of the White King; and Dreadfull Dead-man Explaned.
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- Ariel Hessayon -'Gold Tried in the Fire': The Prophet Theaurau, John Tany and the ... 0754655970 2007 "He also added that 'The White King and Dreadfull Dead-man are all one'.32 The prophecy of 'The White King' was probably compiled towards the end of the twelfth century and perhaps first applied to King Stephen (c. 1092-1154). In a later ..."
- Prophecy, Politics and the People in Early Modern England - Page 80 1843832593 Tim Thornton - 2006 "The reinterpretation was the work of William Lilly.118 In 1644, Lilly published his A Prophecy of the White King; and Dreadfull Dead-man Explaned, and in 1645 he included Shipton in his Collection of Ancient and Modern Prophecies.119
- Ann Geneva - Astrology and the Seventeenth Century Mind: William Lilly and the ...1995 0719041546 "Charles I was widely associated with the White King prophecy, since he had been the only king in memory to wear white rather than purple coronation robes, and Lilly largely created this prophetic identification with his pamphlet."
- The Battle of the Frogs and Fairford's Flies: Miracles and the Pulp ... 1137100524 2016 "Then in 1643 the anonymous pamphlet The Prophecy of a White King of Brittaine purporting to be a copy of an ancient manuscript ... In his Prophecy of the White King Lilly noted that it was unknown which Merlin was the true author but that...
- The Murder of King James I - Page 451 0300214960 Alastair James Bellany, Thomas Cogswell - 2015 "On 26 January, the day before the judges ordered Charles's execution, Theodore Jennings licensed a pamphlet that gave Charles's trial and execution a prophetic warrant. The mysterious prophecy of the “White King” was nearly a thousand ..."