| Description |
ix, 269 p. : ill. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-258) and index. |
| Contents |
Prophets, visionaries, and martyrs: Ursula Jost and her publisher Margarethe Pruss -- 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 Schutz Zell, 1498-1562: a publishing church mother in Strasbourg -- Marie Dentiere, 1495-1561: a Genevan reformer and writer -- Marguerite de Navarre, 1492-1549, and Jeanne d'Albret, 1528-1572: the protectors of the French reformers -- Renee 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 |
| Subject |
Christian women -- Religious life.
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Reformation.
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Women in Christianity -- History -- 16th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1405114223 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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1405114231 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9781405114226 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9781405114233 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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