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Working Thesis and Annotated Bibliography
Protestant Reformation HIEU566
April 17, 2022
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Women held significant roles during the Protestant Reformation, that lead to new roles women played within the Church, their families, and society. In the 16
th
and 17
th
centuries, women were expected to be silent, raise children, and take care of household responsibilities. As the reformation prompted a reform within the church and Evangelicals focused on Sola Scriptura
, the idea of priesthood for all believers made the church look at how women would fit into that idea. This prompted changes in terms of the church, families, society, and even education. As a result, women were taught to read, increased their roles in family, and were able to share the Gospel.
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Arnold, Margaret.
The Magdalene in the Reformation
. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2018. Accessed April 4, 2022. ProQuest Ebook Central.
This source will be used to provide information on how Magdalene and her teachings influenced women during the Reformation. As many women began to read, they were able to learn more about Mary of Magdalene and used her story and teachings to either defend their Protestant – or Catholic beliefs. This source is very limited in terms of providing more insight on how her teachings and influence affected women’s roles after the Reformation.
Chappell, Julie, and Kaley A. Kramer.
Women During the English Reformations: Renegotiating Gender and Religious Identity
. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
This source provides a detailed description of how the Reformation changes women’s roles, specifically those who were nuns. It will allow me to see how women religious were allowed to leave religious houses but were provided small pensions. It also shows how their lives were altered from the medieval period through to the Post-Reformatiom. This source does focus on how religious and social expectations of women intersected during this time.
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Houston, Fleur. “Reformation: A Two-Edged Sword in the Cause of the Ministry of Women.”
Feminist Theology
26, no. 1 (September 2017): 19–33. This source will provide a look into the result of Luther’s teachings during the Reformation. The lives of women changed in terms of the ability to be more vocal, but the expectation of them at home was still quite limited. This source focuses on the ordination of Constance Todd in 1917, and credits the Reformation for providing the avenue for her. Karant-Nunn, Susan C., and Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E., eds.
Luther on Women : A Sourcebook
. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Accessed April 3, 2022. ProQuest Ebook Central. I will use this source briefly throughout my paper to incorporate some of Luther’s works that were meant to define women roles during the reformation. This source will allow me to better research how his teachings help change women roles. It does not provide information regarding what influences other reformers may have had during the reformation.
Laqua-O'Donnell, Simone.
Women and the Counter-Reformation in Early Modern Münster
. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. Oxford Scholarship Online, 2014. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199683314.001.0001.
This source will be used to show some of the effects the Reformation had on women in society. This source focuses on the Counter-Reformation that took place in Munster Germany. It will give a glimpse on the societal and religious changes that took place in that specific place in response to the Reformation. It will be important to apply this source only when focusing on the specific region of Munster. Marshall, Sherrin.
Women in Reformation and Counter-Reformation Europe : Public and Private
Worlds
. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1989.
This source will provide information on women in different regions in Europe and Spain. The collection of works that focus on women from various backgrounds will provide me additional information on how lives differed for women dependent on not only social class, but also their regions. Information on regions such as Spain is not extensive in this source and locating additional sources may prove difficult. Oren-Magidor, Daphna. "From Anne to Hannah: Religious Views of Infertility in Post-
Reformation England."
Journal of Women's History
27, no. 3 (2015): 86-108.
I will use this source to show how infertility was seen and dealt with during and after the
Reformation. Infertility was often seen as something that was a woman’s sole problem, and often times women were treated poorly and expected to turn to saints in an effort to conceive. The Reformation changed how women handled this unfortunate aspect of their
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lives. Although this source will provide insight on this subject, it does not expand to much outside of this.
Potgieter, Raymond. "Newly Wed in Wittenberg 1523 - and Committed to the Lutheran Reformation/Pas Getroud in Wittenberg 1523 - En Toegewyd Tot Die Lutherse Reformasie."
In Die Skriflig
49, no. 1 (2015): 1-8, This source will be used to tie together information from other sources included here the positions of nuns during the Reformation. This source includes writings from a nun who left her life within the covenant to become married woman. She later defended the Protestant side of the Reformation. This source may not provide too much information on
the ultimate effects of her support of Protestantism however. Snyder, C. Arnold, and Hecht, Linda A. Huebert, eds.
Profiles of Anabaptist Women : Sixteenth-
Century Reforming Pioneers
. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1996. Accessed April 3, 2022. ProQuest Ebook Central.
I will use this source in certain portions of my paper to highlight various writings, records, poems, and other works during the Reformation period. These works are specific
to the Anabaptist women that emerged from this period. It will be important to use this source carefully, as not to confuse the material with that may apply to other struggles during the reformation. Stetina, Karin. “What the Reformation Did and Didn't Do for Women.” The Good Book Blog - Biola University Blogs
. Last modified April 8, 2022. Accessed April 10, 2022. https://www.biola.edu/blogs/good-book-blog/2017/what-the-reformation-did-and-didn-t-
do-for-women. 1
I will be using this source briefly to provide insight in the basis for Luther’s teachings when it comes to women holding significance within the family and the church. This source provides a broad overview of the Church’s struggles when it came to defining roles.
It also provides specific teachings from Luther regarding women both at home and church. This source does not provide an in depth look at specific woman who may have contributed to the reformation.
Stjerna, Kirsi. "Reformation revisited: women's voices in the reformation." The Ecumenical Review
69, no. 2 (2017): 201+. Gale In Context: Biography
(accessed April 3, 2022) This source will be used throughout my paper. Containing various writings from laywomen who educated, guided, and had their voice be heard, it gives a good example of the impact women had during the Reformation. This source will also provide a glimpse of how women began to feel what liberation felt like, and saw they had a purpose
outside of the home.
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Stjerna, Kirsi Irmeli.
Women and the Reformation
. Malden, Mass: Blackwell Pub., 2009.
This source will be used to provide insight in the struggles that came with changing roles for women. Specifically, the struggles from the Catholic Church as there was a decrease in nuns within its community. This source does provide information on specific women who were martyrs, teachers, and visionaries in their time. It does not provide a lot of information as to the lasting effects of their influence in the reformation. Teems, David.
Godspeed : Voices of the Reformation
. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2017. Accessed April 4, 2022. ProQuest Ebook Central.
This source will be used very briefly, as it contains some works from women during the Reformation. This will enable me to provide specific writings from the women that influenced their role in society and the church. This source will not provide any information as the response these works had.
Wiesner-Hanks, Merry.
Convents Confront the Reformation : Catholic and Protestant Nuns in Germany
. Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 1996. Accessed April 4, 2022. ProQuest Ebook Central.
This source is one I plan to use to give a glimpse of a particular side of the Revolution that came from women in convents. Many women in convents came from noble families, therefore their writings were kept and still available. It provides examples of how women
felt during this period. Due to many being from noble families, it does not gives a picture of lay women within society and their feelings on their place within the church and home.
Wilson, Derek.
The Queen and the Heretic : How two women changed the religion of England
. Chicago: Lion Hudson, 2018. Accessed April 4, 2022. ProQuest Ebook Central.
This source will be used to further research women within the Reformation that had a hue
impact on the Reformation and what it meant to women. Social status during that period was key for a woman’s ability to heard. This source provides an example of the difference coming from nobility meant for women in the 17
th
century. “Women of the Reformation.” The Master's University
. Last modified October 31, 2017. Accessed April 11, 2022. https://www.masters.edu/news/women-of-the-reformation.html. This source is to be used to collect further stories of women before the Reformation, that made their own individual impacts. It provides a perspective of how women expressed their views regarding religion and life prior to Luther’s teachings. Although these writings came before the Reformation period, their impact carried through the centuries and affected women for hundreds of years.