Barbara Erni, the Glossary
Barbara Erni (15 February 1743 – 26 February 1785) was a Liechtenstein woman known for stealing from inns throughout western Europe using a confidence trick.[1]
Table of Contents
13 relations: Backpack, Buried treasure, Capital punishment, Crime, Decapitation, Eschen, Europe, Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Liechtenstein, Scam, Theft, Treasure, Vaduz.
- 18th-century Liechtenstein people
- 18th-century Liechtenstein women
- 18th-century criminals
- Executed Liechtenstein women
- Liechtenstein criminals
- Liechtenstein people stubs
- People executed by Liechtenstein by decapitation
- People executed for theft
Backpack
A backpack—also called knapsack, rucksack, pack, booksack, bookbag, haversack or backsack—is, in its simplest frameless form, a fabric sack carried on one's back and secured with two straps that go over the shoulders; but it can have an external or internal frame, and there are bodypacks.
Buried treasure
Buried treasure is a literary trope commonly associated with depictions of pirates, alongside Vikings, criminals, and Old West outlaws.
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Capital punishment
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct.
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Crime
In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority.
Decapitation
Decapitation is the total separation of the head from the body.
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Eschen
Eschen (High Alemannic: Escha) is a municipality in the north of Liechtenstein.
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Feldkirch, Vorarlberg
Feldkirch is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg, bordering on Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
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Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein, officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a doubly landlocked German-speaking microstate in the Central European Alps, between Austria in the east and north and Switzerland in the west and south.
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Scam
A scam, or a confidence trick, is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust.
Theft
Theft is the act of taking another person's property or services without that person's permission or consent with the intent to deprive the rightful owner of it.
Treasure
Treasure (from thesaurus from Greek θησαυρός thēsauros, "treasure store") is a concentration of wealth — often originating from ancient history — that is considered lost and/or forgotten until rediscovered.
Vaduz
Vaduz (or, High Alemannic pronunciation)Hans Stricker, Toni Banzer, Herbert Hilbe: Liechtensteiner Namenbuch.
See also
18th-century Liechtenstein people
- Anna Maria of Liechtenstein
- Barbara Erni
- Gebhard Schädler
- Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein
- Karoline von Manderscheid-Blankenheim
- Landgravine Josepha of Fürstenberg-Weitra
- Leopoldine von Sternberg
- Princess Maria Theresia of Liechtenstein
18th-century Liechtenstein women
- Anna Maria of Liechtenstein
- Barbara Erni
- Karoline von Manderscheid-Blankenheim
- Landgravine Josepha of Fürstenberg-Weitra
- Leopoldine von Sternberg
- Princess Maria Theresia of Liechtenstein
18th-century criminals
- Anna Sophie Magdalene Frederikke Ulrikke
- Anne Bonny
- Barbara Erni
- Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova
- Francesco Arcangeli
- Joseph Samuel
- Luísa de Jesus
- Stanislav Sočivica
Executed Liechtenstein women
- Barbara Erni
Liechtenstein criminals
- Barbara Erni
Liechtenstein people stubs
- Adolf Heeb
- Andrea Willi
- Andreas Christen
- Armin Öhri
- Barbara Erni
- Christian Wenaweser
- Christoph Zeller
- Cornelia Gassner
- Daniel Hilti
- Doris Frick
- Ernst Walch
- Graziella Marok-Wachter
- Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein
- Hubert Büchel
- Iren Nigg
- Jakob Büchel
- Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein
- Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein
- Klaus Wanger
- Manuela Haldner-Schierscher
- Marco Schädler
- Maria Foser
- Mark Villiger
- Markus Büchel
- Otmar Hasler
- Peter Wolff
- Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein
- Prince Karl Johann of Liechtenstein
- Rita Kieber-Beck
- Sepp Ritter
- Sieglinde Gstöhl
- Wilhelm Büchel
People executed by Liechtenstein by decapitation
- Barbara Erni
People executed for theft
- Amy Spain
- Ann Wyley
- Barbara Erni
- Constantia Jones
- Dick Turpin
- Hannah Dagoe
- Impenitent thief
- Jack Hall (thief)
- Jenny Diver
- Jonathan Wild
- Orxines
- Paulus Hector Mair
- Penitent thief
- William Spiggot
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Erni
Also known as Golden Boos, Legend of Golden Boos.