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Barry, Elizabeth

(Encyclopedia) Barry, Elizabeth, 1658–1713, English actress. She gained entrance to the stage through the patronage of the earl of Rochester. From the time of her appearances at the Theatre Royal (…

Barton, Elizabeth

(Encyclopedia) Barton, Elizabeth, 1506?–1534, English prophet, called the Maid of Kent or the Nun of Kent. She was a domestic servant who, after a period of illness, began (c.1525) to go into trances…

Kent, Maid of

(Encyclopedia) Kent, Maid of: see Barton, Elizabeth.

Carmen Sylva

(Encyclopedia) Carmen Sylva: see Elizabeth, queen of Romania.

Parry Islands

(Encyclopedia) Parry Islands: see Queen Elizabeth Islands, Canada.

Sylva, Carmen

(Encyclopedia) Sylva, Carmen: see Elizabeth, queen of Romania.