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Dick Whittington and His Cat («Dick Whittington y su gato») es una leyenda del folklore inglés que rodea al verdadero Richard Whittington (c. 1354-1423), rico mercader y posteriormente alcalde de Londres.
Dick Whittington and His Cat is the English folklore surrounding the real-life Richard Whittington (c. 1354–1423), wealthy merchant and later Lord Mayor of London. [1] The legend describes his rise from poverty-stricken childhood with the fortune he made through the sale of his cat to a rat-infested country.
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Dick Whittington was an English merchant and lord mayor of London who became a well-known figure in legend and traditional pantomime. Whittington, who was the son of a knight of Gloucestershire, opened a mercer’s shop in London that supplied velvets and damasks to such notables as Henry Bolingbroke.
Richard Whittington (c. 1354 – March 1423) of the parish of St Michael Paternoster Royal, City of London, was an English merchant and a politician of the late medieval period. He is also the real-life inspiration for the English folk tale Dick Whittington and His Cat.
4 de oct. de 2018 · Richard Whittington tal vez sea el más famoso de todos los alcaldes de Londres, en parte por lo que consiguió en vida y también por convertirse, desde el siglo XVII, en el protagonista de una historia en la que un pobre aprendiz se hace rico y famoso gracias a su gato.
The tale of the poor boy who becomes Lord Mayor of London has been a staple of British pantomimes since at least the nineteenth century. But where did this classic home-grown English fairy tale come from? And what basis did the Dick Whittington story have in reality?
