Description
Book SynopsisThis is a fascinating study of the impact of the Reformation idea of `civic righteousness'' on the position of women in Augsburg. Lyndal Roper argues that its development, both as a religious credo and as a social movement, must be understood in terms of gender. Until now the effects of the Reformation on women have been regarded as largely beneficial: this book argues that such a view of the Reformation''s legacy is a profound misreading, and that the status of women was, in fact, worsened.The Holy Household is the first scholarly account of how the Reformation affected half of society. It greatly advances our understanding of the Reformation, of feminist history, and of the place of women in European society.
Trade ReviewThis is clearly one of the most significant works of recent years on the urban Reformation and women in the sixteenth century and it is set to have a lasting impact on the study of the period. * History Today *
a challenging and interesting analysis of the impact of the Reformation on marriage, morals and the role of women * Sheila Anderson, Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure *
Table of ContentsThe Domestication of the Reformation; The Politics of Sin; Prostitution and Moral order; Weddings and the Control of Marriage; Discipline and Marital Disharmony; The Reformation of Convents; The Holy Family.
