Helen of Tottenham

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Helen of Tottenham was an English visionary associated with Elizabeth Barton, during the reign of Henry VIII. [1] Barton described Helen's visions as 'delusions of the devil.' [2] She came to the attention of Thomas More, who wrote about her. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Sharon Jansen, Dangerous Talk and Strange Behavior, pp.63-64
  2. ↑ Stokes, George (1843). The Lollards, Or Some Account of the Witnesses for the Truth in England Between the Years 1400 and 1546. Religious Tract Society.
  3. ↑ Shagan, Ethan H. (2 July 2018). Popular Politics and the English Reformation. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   9780521525558 – via Google Books.


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