9780198202806-0198202806-The Holy Household: Women and Morals in Reformation Augsburg (Oxford Studies in Social History)

The Holy Household: Women and Morals in Reformation Augsburg (Oxford Studies in Social History)

ISBN-13: 9780198202806
ISBN-10: 0198202806
Author: Lyndal Roper
Publication date: 1991
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Format: Paperback 310 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780198202806
ISBN-10: 0198202806
Author: Lyndal Roper
Publication date: 1991
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Format: Paperback 310 pages

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The Holy Household: Women and Morals in Reformation Augsburg (Oxford Studies in Social History) (ISBN-13: 9780198202806 and ISBN-10: 0198202806), written by authors Lyndal Roper, was published by Clarendon Press in 1991. With an overall rating of 4.4 stars, it's a notable title among other Germany (European History, Women in History, World History, Social Sciences, History, Women's Studies) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Holy Household: Women and Morals in Reformation Augsburg (Oxford Studies in Social History) (Paperback, Used) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Germany books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.41.

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This is a fascinating study of the impact of the Reformation idea of "civic righteousness" on the position of women in Augsburg. 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 viewed as largely beneficial--Protestantism being linked with the forces of progressivism, individualism, and modernization. Roper here argues that such a view of the Reformation's legacy is a profound misreading, and that the status of women was, in fact, worsened by the Reformation. A number of themes are explored: the economic position of women in the household economy; the nature of "civic righteousness" and how it applied a "reform moralism" to the role of marriage and the household; the efforts of civic authority to reform sexual deviance; the attempts to control marriage and the breakdown of marriage; and the role of convents and nuns. The Holy Household is the first scholarly account of how the Reformation affected half of society. It combines sound application of feminist theory with careful, open-ended archival research to advance our understanding of the Reformation, of feminist history, and of the place of women in modern European society.

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