She was placed with the Poor Clares of the Abbey of Longchamp, where she had a maternal aunt,  for her education, and acquired there a vocation for the cloister. In 1584, through obedience she married Pierre Acarie, viscount of Villemor, a wealthy young man of high standing, who was a fervent Catholic, to whom she bore seven children. Pierre Acarie  disapproved of Barbe's reading romance novels  and with clerical advice removed the books and substituted books of a  more pious and spiritual bent.
She was placed with the Poor Clares of the Abbey of Longchamp for her education, where she had a maternal aunt who nurtured in her a desire to live in seclusion. In 1584, through obedience, she married Pierre Acarie, viscount of Villemor, a wealthy and influential man with strong religious beliefs, from whom she had seven children. Pierre Acarie disapproved of Barbe's reading romantic novels and, following clerical advice, removed these books in favor of more spiritual literature.