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" Women and the Reformation / "
Kirsi Stjerna.
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BL
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664040
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| Main Entry
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Stjerna, Kirsi Irmeli,1963-
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Women and the Reformation /\ Kirsi Stjerna.
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ix, 269 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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9781405114226
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: 1405114223
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: 9781405114233
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: 1405114231
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-258) and index.
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| Contents
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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 a 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.
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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. --from publisher description.
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Women in Christianity-- History-- 16th century.
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Reformation.
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Christian women-- Religious life.
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270.6092/2
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940.2
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BR307.S75 2009
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