Video - The Mystic Peasant: Elizabeth Barton's Chilling Prophecies

Her Name Was Elizabeth Barton: The Peasant Who Saw the Future Elizabeth Barton was just an ordinary 16th-century peasant, living a simple life in England—until everything changed when she turned 19. That’s when she began experiencing visions that would turn her life upside down. She started having vivid, eerie dreams, claiming to see the future and receiving messages from God Himself. People around her were both captivated and terrified as she predicted major events, including the fall of certain political figures. Her visions made her a famous mystic, drawing attention from the highest levels of power, including King Henry VIII. At first, the King was intrigued by her prophecies, but when Elizabeth’s visions predicted the downfall of his marriage to Anne Boleyn, it was a fatal mistake. Henry, infuriated by what he saw as a threat to his rule, had her arrested and charged with treason. Elizabeth Barton’s tragic end as a martyr of faith and prophecy serves as a chilling reminder of how the line between divine insight and danger was razor-thin in Tudor England.