Women and the Reformation
Women and the Reformation gathers historical materials and personal accounts to provide a comprehensive and accessible look at the status and contributions of women as leaders in the 16th century Protestant world. Explores the new and expanded role as core participants in Christian life that women e...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Malden, Mass. [u.a.] : Blackwell,
2009
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
| Schlagworte: | Women in Christianity Reformation Christian women Frau Religiöses Leben |
| Umfang: | IX, 269 S. |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Prophets, visionaries, and martyrs: Ursula Jost and her publisher Margarethe Prüss
- The monastic option: the struggle of the convents
- Marriage and motherhood: the preferred calling
- Learning and power: an elusive option
- "Herr Doktor" Katharina von Bora, 1499-1552, the Lutheran matriarch
- Argula von Grumbach, 1492 to 1563/68?: a Bavarian apologist and pamphleteer
- Elisabeth von Brandenburg, 1485-1555, and Elisabeth von Braunschweig, 1510-1558: exiled mothers, reforming rulers
- Katharina Schütz Zell, 1498-1562: a publishing church mother in Strasbourg
- Marie Dentière, 1495-1561: a Genevan reformer and writer
- Marguerite de Navarre, 1492-1549, and Jeanne d'Albret, 1528-1572: the protectors of the French reformers
- Renée de France, 1510-1575: a friend of the Huguenots
- Olimpia Fulvia Morata, 1526/27-1555: an Italian scholar
- Conclusions and observations on gender and the Reformation