Author : Merry E. Wiesner
Release : 2014-02-04
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 879/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Gender, Church and State in Early Modern Germany by : Merry E. Wiesner
Download or read book Gender, Church and State in Early Modern Germany written by Merry E. Wiesner. This book was released on 2014-02-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text brings together eleven important pieces by Merry Wiesner, several of them previously unpublished, on three major areas in the study of women and gender in early modern Germany: religion, law and work.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.