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Joan of Kent
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Joan of Kent (1328–1385)

Countess of Kent. She married Edward the Black Prince 1361 and their younger son became Richard II.

John of Gaunt took refuge at her home in Kennington when his palace was besieged by Londoners 1376. Her beauty and gentleness earned her the nickname ‘Fair Maid of Kent’.
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Andrew Hope explores the connections between the two very different religious worlds of martyrs Elizabeth Barton and Joan Bocher, arguing that Joan Bocher not only had the model of The Maid of Kent in front of her, but was specifically reacting against the martyrdom of a family member for speaking out against Henry VIII by becoming "the Protestant Elizabeth Barton" (50).
Pieties in Transition: Religious Practices and Experiences, c. ... by Welsh, Jennifer L. / Renaissance Quarterly
 
 
 
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