Gender, Church and State in Early Modern Germany

Essays by Merry E. Wiesner

• Author(s): Merry E. Wiesner,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 238
• ISBN_10: 1317886879
  ISBN_13: 9781317886877
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Europe / Germany , History / Europe / General , History / General , History / Europe / Renaissance ,

Description:... This text brings together eleven important pieces by Merry Wiesner, several of them previously unpublished, on three major areas in the study of women and gender in early modern Germany: religion, law and work. The final chapter, specially written for this volume addresses three fundamental questions: "Did women have a Reformation?"; "What effects did the development of capitalism have on women?"; and "Do the concepts 'Renaissance' and 'Early Modern' apply to women's experience?" The book concludes with an extensive bibliographical essay exploring both English and German scholarship.