Name/Title
Women and the Reformation /Kirsi Stjerna.Description
Prophets, visionaries, and martyrs: Ursula Jost and her publisher Margarethe Pr{uml}uss -- 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 Sch{uml}utz Zell, 1498-1562: a publishing church mother in Strasbourg -- Marie Denti{grave}ere, 1495-1561: a Genevan reformer and writer -- Marguerite de Navarre, 1492-1549, and Jeanne d'Albret, 1528-1572: the protectors of the French reformers -- Ren{acute}ee 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
ix, 269 p. :ill. ;25 cm.Book Details
Author
Stjerna, Kirsi IrmeliDate Published
2009Publication Subjects
Women in Christianity--History--16th century.
Reformation.
Christian women--Religious life.Call No.
BR307 .S75 2009ISBN
9781405114226 (hardcover : alk. paper), 1405114223 (hardcover : alk. paper), 9781405114233 (pbk. : alk. paper), 1405114231 (pbk. : alk. paper)LCCN
2007042450Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-258) and index.