Women and the Reformation

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John Wiley & Sons, Sep 9, 2011 - Religion - 288 pages

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 experienced during the Reformation
  • Examines diverse individual stories from women of the times, ranging from biographical sketches of the ex-nun Katharina von Bora Luther and Queen Jeanne d’Albret, to the prophetess Ursula Jost and the learned Olimpia Fulvia Morata
  • Brings together social history and theology to provide a groundbreaking volume on the theological effects that these women had on Christian life and spirituality
  • Accompanied by a website at www.blackwellpublishing.com/stjerna offering student’s access to the writings by the women featured in the book
 

Contents

Acknowledgments
The Monastic Option The Struggle
Learning and Power An Elusive Option
Herr Doktor Katharina von Bora
Argula von Grumbach 1492 to 1563168?
Elisabeth von Brandenburg 14851555
Denmark A Reformer in Exile
Katharina Schiitz Zell 14981562
Marie Dentiére 14951561 A Genevan
Marguerite de Navarre 14921549
leader 15281572
Renée de France 15101575
Olimpia Fulvia Morata 1526127 1555
Conclusions and Observations on Gender and
Index
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Kirsi Stjerna is Associate Professor of Reformation Church History and Director of the Institute for Luther Studies at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. She is the editor of The Role of the Bishop: Changing Models for a Global Church (2001) and Homoeroticism in the Biblical World: A Historical Perspective (1998).

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