RT Article
T1 The Lost Network of Elizabeth Barton
JF Reformation
VO 26
IS 2
SP 105
OP 128
A1 Gertz, Genelle
A1 Toscano, Pasquale
LA English
PB Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1775770176
AB This study offers the first social network analysis of Elizabeth Barton (c.1506–34), the last medieval-style female visionary in England. Drawing from Thomas Cromwell’s investigation in the State Papers, the study creates a hand-curated data set that, when entered into network visualization tools, shows the most prominent members of the network. Findings indicate that Barton was not the pawn of her confessor Edward Bocking (d. 1534), a claim made by the Henrician government and some historians. Equally important is the result that middling churchmen, rather than elite Tudor figures, were most responsible for distributing Barton’s visions.
K1 late medieval mystics
K1 women visionaries
K1 Religious Orders
K1 revelations
K1 Social Network Analysis
K1 Reformation
K1 Elizabeth Barton
DO 10.1080/13574175.2021.1977049