Women / Persons ~ P11327

Elizabeth Barton

Alternate Names:

St. Elizabeth Barton
Saint Elizabeth Barton
St. Elizabeth Barton, The Mad Maid of Kent
Elizabeth The Holy Maid of Kent
The Holy Maid of London
The Nun of Kent

Gender: Female

Life Dates: ca. 1506 – 20 April 1534

Types:

Prophet or visionary
Saint
Victim of injustice

Note: Catholic nun, martyr; threat to Henry VIII; impostor

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Biographies (3 Total)

Elizabeth Barton Author: anon0002 . Collection Title: Eccentric Biography; or, Memoirs of Remarkable Female Characters, Ancient and Modern. Including Actresses, Adventurers, Authoresses, Fortune-Tellers, Gipsies, Dwarfs, Swindlers and Vagrants: Also Many Others who Have Distinguished Themselves by Their Chastity, Dissipation, Intrepidity, Learning, Abstinence, Credulity, &c., &c.: Alphabetically Arranged: Forming a Pleasing Mirror of Reflection to the Female Mind. Ornamented with Portraits of the Most Singular Characters in the Work. 1803
Elizabeth Barton, The Holy Maid of Kent Author: anon0001 . Collection Title: Biographium faemineum: The Female Worthies; or, Memoirs of the Most Illustrious Ladies, of All Ages and Nations, who Have Been Eminently Distinguished for Their Magnanimity, Learning, Genius, Virtue, Piety, and Other Excellent Endowments...Containing (Exclusive of Foreigners) the Lives of above Fourscore British Ladies...Collected from History, and the Most Approved Biographers, and Brought Down to the Present Time. 1766
Elizabeth the Holy Maid of Kent Author: anon0016 . Collection Title: Fifty Famous Women and the Lessons of Their Lives: Illustrated with Numerous Wood Engravings. Fifty Famous Women, Their Virtues and Failings and the Lessons of Their Lives. 1850?