| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 395 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction : Expanding the horizons with women at the center / Kirsi I. Stjerna -- I. Women theologians and the printed word. -- Katharina Schütz Zell (ca. 1498-1562) : passionate church mother / Elsie McKee -- Argula von Grumbach (1492-1554/57) : a woman with the word / Peter Matheson -- Marie Dentière (1495-1561) : in defense of women / Mary B. McKinley -- Elisabeth Cruciger (ca. 1500-1535) : Lutheran hymnwriter / Mary Jane Haemig -- Margarethe Prüss (d. 1542) : printer / Kirsi I. Stjerna -- II. German women leading the reforms. -- Katharina von Bora (1499-1552) : morning star of Wittenberg / Laura Jurgens -- Elisabeth von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1510-1558) and Elisabeth of Denmark (1485-1555) : Lutheran rules / Sini Mikkola, Päivi Räisänen-Schröder -- Dorothea Susanna of the Palatinate, Duchess of Sachsen-Weimar (1544-1592) : confessor of the faith / Irene Dingel -- Amalia Elisabeth of Hesse-Cassel (1602-1651: the iron princess / Tryntje Helfferich -- III. English women for the Protestant faith. -- Anne Askew (ca. 1521-1546) : author the The latter examination (1546, pub. 1547) / Jason E. Cohen -- Elizabeth Tyrwhit (d. 1578) : Protestant Englishwomen and written prayer / Sharon L. Arnoult -- Jane Grey (1537-1554) : a life of religious meaning / Carole Levin -- Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) : religion and beliefs / Carole Levin -- Katherine Parr (1512-1548) : Protestant queen, author, and influencer / Micheline White -- IV. French and Italian women for the Protestant faith. -- Marguerite of Navarre (1492-1549) : theologican and patron of evangelicals, in her own words and actions / Jennifer Powell McNutt -- Renée of France (1510-1575) : valiant protector of religious dissidents / Kelly Digby Peebles -- Jeanne d'Albret (1528-1572) : reformer and queen / Kathleen M. Llewellyn -- Olimpia Fulvia Morata (1526-1555) : eloquent Magistra / Gianmarco Braghi -- V. Dutch, Swiss, and Anabaptists women for the Reformations. -- Susanna (1551-1625) and Cornelia (1554-1576) Teellinck : early Dutch Reformed editor and authors / Amanda C. Pipkin -- Anna Scharnschlager (d. 1564) and Margarethe Endris : Anabaptist women and their letters / Päivi Räisänen-Schröder -- Being Reformed : women in the Zürich Reformation / Rebecca Giselbrecht -- VI. Protestant women and their Bible. -- Argula von Grumbach and Katharina Schütz Zell as biblical interpreters / G. Sujin Pak -- Sixteenth-century Protestant Englishwomen as readers and writers / Kate Narveson -- VII. Protestant teachings and women's agency. -- Luther's theological anthropology and view of women's roles / Else Marie Wiberg Pedersen -- Marriage in Protestant Europe / Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks -- Working women in poor relief : midwives, nurses, and deaconesses / Esther Chung-Kim -- Reading textiles as text : Katharina von Bora's self-representation through dress / Karin J. Bohleke -- VIII. Women negotiating the Reformations in different contexts and spaces. -- Thistles and thorns : women resist the Reformation / Austra Reinis -- Anna Jacobäa Fuggerin (1547-1587) and St. Katharina Convent in Augsburg : the end of an experiment in simultaneity / Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer -- Katarina Jagiellon (1526-1583) : a queen negotiating the Reformation in the North / Raisa Maria Toivo -- The Italian way : women, religion, and society during the age of the Reformation / Eleonora Belligmi -- Anna Vasa (1568-1625) : Lutheran sister of the Catholic king / Anu Lahtinen, Terhi Katajamäki -- Without women and children, no Reformation in France / Jonathan A. Reid |
| Summary |
"Women Reformers of Early Modern Europe provides an expansive view of women negotiating their faith, voice, and agency in the religious and cultural scene of the sixteenth-century reformations. Women from different geographic contexts (Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Holland, and Scandinavia) and from a broad spectrum of vocations and social standings are highlighted along with examples of their original writings in English translation (in some cases brand new). An international, interdisciplinary cohort of over thirty scholars provide cutting-edge scholarship on women, religion, and gender in the sixteenth-century reformation context. Chapters interpret historical sources relevant to the women in question and provide original material for a deeper understanding of each woman's specific negotiations about her faith and religious preferences, as well as about her specific options--as a woman. Most of the women in the book left a written record, providing a valuable window into women's spirituality and theology. Gender questions are engaged throughout the chapters that provide irrefutable evidence of women's essential roles in the reception and implementation of the Protestant confessions. An important voice comes from women who defended their right to profess Catholic faith. Thematic articles enhance the analysis of the roles, experiences, and contributions of individual women in different contexts and positions vis-à-vis reformation teachings. Women stand out as writers, theologians, historians, biblical interpreters, publishers, hymnwriters, rulers, pastoral care givers, defenders of justice, "heretics," rebels, midwives, mothers, and friends. The tone of the volume is scholarly but invites a broad spectrum of readers who have varying levels of background knowledge. It is especially suitable as a textbook or as a reference guide in different disciplines (reformation studies, church history, theological history, gender scholarship, early modern and sixteenth-century studies; and language studies)." -- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 16, 2022) |
| Subject |
Women in Christianity -- History -- 16th century
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Women in Christianity -- History -- 17th century
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Reformation -- Biography.
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Women -- Religious life -- Europe
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Women -- Europe -- Biography
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Reformation
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Women
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Women in Christianity
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Women -- Religious life
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Europe
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Stjerna, Kirsi Irmeli, 1963- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781506468723 |
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1506468721 |
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