Perdita woman: Barbara Peebles

Biography

Nothing is known of Barbara Peebles, a Scottish woman who wrote 'The Exercise of a Private Christian', a visionary narrative predicting trouble for the Presbyterian church, in 1660.

Biography by David G. Mullan


National Library of Scotland: MS Wod. Quarto XXVI, fols. 283v-290r.
The Exercise of a Private Christian, or Barbara Peebles' Trance (dated 20 July 1660)
(Author)Barbara Peebles
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National Library of Scotland: MS Wod. Quarto XXXV, fols. 144r-145r.
The Exercise of a Private Christian, or Barbara Peebles' Trance (1660)
(Author)Barbara Peebles
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National Library of Scotland: MS Wod. Folio XXVII, fols. 152r-153r.
The Exercise of a Private Christian, or Barbara Peebles' Trance (1660)
(Author)Barbara Peebles
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