Elizabeth Barton
Also known as: the Nun of Kent
1506 – 1534
English

Christian visionary. She was a simple housemaid, but began to fall into trances and report visions. After she courageously condemned Henry VIII's divorce and break with Rome, she was executed.

Contemporaries
1519–1589Catherine de' Medici
1432–1519Leonardo da Vinci
1484–1531Huldrych Zwingli
1475–1530Thomas Wolsey
1513–1546George Wishart
1508–1568William Turner
1465–1519Johann Tetzel
1515–1582St. Teresa of Avila
1517–1547Henry Surrey
1525–1562Laelius Socinus
1481–1523Franz von Sickingen
1511–1553Michael Servetus
1515–1572Petrus Ramus
1527–1598Phillip II
1512–1548Catherine Parr
1489–1525Thomas Müntzer
1533–1592Michel de Montaigne
1516–1558Mary I, Tudor
1450–1515Aldus Manutius
1469–1527Niccoló Machiavelli
1475–1521Leo X
1513–1572John Knox
1509–1536John of Leyden
1488–1523Ulrich von Hutten
1503–1528Patrick Hamilton
1524–1583Thomas Erastus
1533–1603Elizabeth I
1495–1527Hans Denck
1510–1588Jean Daurat
1451–1506Christopher Columbus
1478–1529Baldassare Castiglione
1509–1564John Calvin
1469–1534Cajetan
1480–1519Lucrezia Borgia
1530–1596Jean Bodin
1515–1588Blandrata
1522–1560Joachim du Bellay
1528–1577Remy Belleau
1475–1519Vasco Balboa
1474–1533Ludovico Ariosto
1507–1582Don Fernando Alaverez