ABSTRACT

This text brings together eleven important pieces by Merry Wiesner, several of them previously unpublished, on three major areas in the study of women and gender in early modern Germany: religion, law and work.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.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|25 pages

W omen’s defence of their public role

part |2 pages

part one : R elig ion

chapter |3 pages

Introductory essay

chapter 4|16 pages

The Reformation of the women

part |2 pages

part four : In C onclusion