Mrs Luther and her sisters: Women in the Reformation
It is a frequent complaint that women have been airbrushed out of history, their contributions forgotten, their voices silenced.

In this superbly written book, historian Derek Wilson redresses the balance, showing how women were crucial to the Reformation. Working alongside men - and sometimes in opposition to them - women were able to study, to speak, to write, to struggle and even to die for what they believed, and to leave behind a record of all these achievements.

From Catharina Luther, through English martyr Anne Askew to Elizabeth I and onwards out into Europe - this book reveals the rich threads women brought to the tapestry of history.

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Mrs Luther and her sisters: Women in the Reformation
It is a frequent complaint that women have been airbrushed out of history, their contributions forgotten, their voices silenced.

In this superbly written book, historian Derek Wilson redresses the balance, showing how women were crucial to the Reformation. Working alongside men - and sometimes in opposition to them - women were able to study, to speak, to write, to struggle and even to die for what they believed, and to leave behind a record of all these achievements.

From Catharina Luther, through English martyr Anne Askew to Elizabeth I and onwards out into Europe - this book reveals the rich threads women brought to the tapestry of history.

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Mrs Luther and her sisters: Women in the Reformation

Mrs Luther and her sisters: Women in the Reformation

by Derek Wilson
Mrs Luther and her sisters: Women in the Reformation

Mrs Luther and her sisters: Women in the Reformation

by Derek Wilson

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It is a frequent complaint that women have been airbrushed out of history, their contributions forgotten, their voices silenced.

In this superbly written book, historian Derek Wilson redresses the balance, showing how women were crucial to the Reformation. Working alongside men - and sometimes in opposition to them - women were able to study, to speak, to write, to struggle and even to die for what they believed, and to leave behind a record of all these achievements.

From Catharina Luther, through English martyr Anne Askew to Elizabeth I and onwards out into Europe - this book reveals the rich threads women brought to the tapestry of history.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780745956350
Publisher: SPCK (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge)
Publication date: 05/20/2016
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Popular historian Derek Wilson was the highly acclaimed author of over 50 books and wrote and presented numerous television and radio programmes.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

Chapter 1 Dr and Mrs Luther 15

Chapter 2 Wives and Mothers 31

Chapter 3 Women in Community 49

Chapter 4 Women in Power 65

Chapter 5 The Educated Woman 91

Chapter 6 Women Venturing into Print 109

Chapter 7 Patrons and Protégés 135

Chapter 8 Other Female Activists 149

Chapter 9 Persecutors 159

Chapter 10 Victims 175

Chapter 11 From Then to Now 197

Notes 210

Bibliography 216

Index 220

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" Mrs Luther and Her Sisters combines Wilson's meticulous research with his gift for story-telling to bring the women of the Reformation out of the shadows and into the limelight. " Claire Reynolds, Founder of the Tudor Society

" Mrs Luther and Her Sisters combines Wilson's meticulous research with his gift for story-telling to bring the women of the Reformation out of the shadows and into the limelight. " Claire Reynolds, Founder of the Tudor Society

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