The holy maid of Kent
Subtitle: the life of Elizabeth Barton, 1506-1534.
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
Published: 1971
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
Subjects: Barton, Elizabeth, 1506?-1534.
Description: Was the Holy Maid of Kent a lunatic, a dupe, an imposter, or a saint? The question has puzzled historians for four centuries. The author answers it in the first full-length study of her life to be written. In reconstructing her life from fragmentary records, he has drawn the first authentic portrait of the gifted and courageous woman who was the first victim of Henry VIII's religious reformation. Later victims, notably her friends Sir Thomas More and Bishop John Fisher, have achieved greater fame, but hers was the fearless example that inspired them. Stripping away the degrading and often nonsensical legends, the author has restored a forgotten martyr to Christendom and a lost heroine to English history.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [377]-380.