person
Erzsébet Báthori
Báthori
also: Elizabeth Báthory, Báthori Erzsébet
Elizabeth Báthory (1560–1614), Hungarian noblewoman convicted of the torture and murder of hundreds of young women; proverbial in Central Europe as the extreme of female cruelty.
Reading notes
- On Women and Their Vocation §1 Erzsébet Báthori
Elizabeth Báthory (1560–1614), Hungarian noblewoman convicted of the torture and murder of hundreds of young women; proverbial in Central Europe as an extreme of female cruelty.
- Studies and Articles §1.4 Erzsébet Báthori
Elizabeth Báthory (1560–1614), Hungarian noblewoman convicted of torturing and murdering hundreds of young women; sometimes called the 'Blood Countess.' Madách invokes her as the extreme case of female vanity unmoored from its natural sphere.