Elizabeth Bathory, a wealthy and powerful noblewoman, was born on August 7th, 1560, in Transylvania, Hungary. Nicknamed “The Blood Countess”, Elizabeth allegedly (as supposedly documented in her diary found in the Csejthe Castle) slaughtered six hundred and twelve to six hundred and fifty women--servants, peasants, and maidens alike, to which she notoriously bathed in their blood believing it aided in maintaining her youthful, milky white complexion. Even if one were to take only a tenth of the number she was confirmed and perhaps even rumored to have killed--which would make it around sixty--this number would still record her as the world’s most prolific female serial killer. Childhood: Elizabeth Bathory was born into extreme wealth and a lavish lifestyle. Nevertheless, the Bathory family was one of the oldest and most powerful in Transylvania, a clan in Central Europe that dominated majority of Hungary. Elizabeth spent most of her childhood at the Ecsed Castle, which stretched over a kilometer in diameter and over a mile in length. Her father, George Bathory, was born into the Ecsed branch of the family and so was the brother of Andrew Bonaventura Bathory, a former Voivod of Transylvania. Elizabeth’s mother was Anna Bathory, …show more content…
After marriage, Elizabeth moved from her family’s Ecsed Castle to live with the Nadasdy family in the Csejthe Castle atop a barren mountain in the Carpathians. Instead of spending time with his wife, Ferenc was usually away on various military campaigns against the Turks, leaving mistress Elizabeth alone with her knight toy-lovers, obedient servant girls, and an abundance of money at hand for her to use however she wants, whenever she wants. Eventually, when eating and having anything she desired, fooling around with the knight boys, having servants wait on her, groom her and dress her became boring, she began to sought for a more exquisite and morbid sense of
Lydia life more in these too places. She was born into slavery. She was the slave of George Wythe. George Wythe was the first American Law Professor. Lydia was freed from slavery.
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Elizabeth’s bravery and strength is a huge part of who she is. She is a source of goodness among so many others who chose to go along with the madness. Values as strong as these provide a shed of light in the midst of something as detrimental as the witch trials, where the poor values of others cost dozens of
Elizabeth truly believed that blood on her skin would create a younger appearance, and the predator would go to extreme measure if that meant she would get blood. Bathery was responsible for the death of over five hundred girls, and she was very creative when it came down to the methods of torture. The countess abused little girls
There were many types of torture that Elizabeth Bathory used on her victims. She forced some of her victims to eat their own flesh while in captivity. At the age of 20 to 40 she practices Black Magic. A servant, Thorko, in Elizabeth’s castle started teaching her the ways of witchcraft and the same time encouraging her sadistic tendencies. One day Elizabeth wrote to her husband, “Thorko has taught me a lovely new one.
Like many royals of the time, the Báthorys prided
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Excerpts of the Diary of Elizabeth May 7th 1670 Love. A singular feeling I have when I look at him. My Mr. Hooper, I am ecstatic that I get to marry the love of my life, MY Reverend. When I am with him, I feel as if I am on top of a cloud floating above reality. It is a feeling unlike any other.
She is described as “extremely beautiful” (Voltaire. 5) and is repeatedly referred to as “the fair Cunegonde.” (39). She is the typical damsel-in-distress: a woman who is completely reliant on male protection and often
Bathory’s position had become so strong thanks to her wealth and power, so she was perceived as a threat to the leaders of Hungary (Elizabeth Bathory: Mass). Elizabeth appears to have supported her nephew Gador Bathory, ruler of Transylvania and rival to Hungary (Elizabeth Bathory:
During the Middle Ages, hitting, raping, and in some cases killing was condoned, and wasn’t a crime. Throughout the Wife of Bath’s prologue, we see examples of one of her various husbands assaulting her. Especially with John, we see he had “Beaten me [Wife of Bath] in every bone” (272), “He [Johnny] struck me [Wife of Bath] still can ache along my row of ribs” (272) and “Smote me on the head” (279). But when Johnny hit her, causing her to be deaf in one ear, she refused to remain submissive any longer and she hit him back: “I up at once and Smote him on the cheek” (280). Her actions, though seemingly benign in this modern time, was far more significant then.