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Profiles of Anabaptist women : sixteenth-century reforming pioneers / C. Arnold Snyder and Linda A. Huebert Hecht, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Etudes sur les femmes et la religion ; 3.
- Studies in women and religion = Etudes sur les femmes et la religion ; 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anabaptist women--Europe--Biography.
- Anabaptist women.
- Christian women martyrs--Europe--Biography.
- Christian women martyrs.
- Reformation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxi, 438 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- Waterloo, Ont. : Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examines women who chose to risk persecution and martyrdom to pursue the radical Protestant movement during the Reformation. Most of the 34 essays focus on a single woman, but others discuss such groups as women in the Hutterite song book, women in Tiron who recanted, and women leaders in Augsburg.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Illustrations
- Introduction
- Swiss Anabaptist Women
- The Swiss Anabaptist Context
- Agnes Zender Of Aarau
- Agnes Linck From Biel
- Adelheit Schwarz of Watt
- Margret Hottinger of Zollikon
- Elsbeth Theiller of Horgen
- Anna Scharnschlager of Hopfgarten, Tirol
- Margaret Hellwart of Beutelsbach
- South German/Austrian Anabaptist Women
- The South German/Austrian Anabaptist Context
- Anabaptist Women Leaders in Augsburg
- Sabina Bader of Augsburg
- Magdalena, Walpurga and Sophia Marschalk Von Pappenheim
- Helena Von Freyberg of MÜnichau
- Anna Gasser of LÜsen
- Anabaptist Women in Tirol Who Recanted
- Elisabeth Von Wolkenstein of Uttenheim
- Katharina Purst Hutter of Sterzing
- Wives, Female Leaders, and Two Female Martyrs From Hall
- Ursula Hellrigel of the Ötz Valley and Annelein of Freiburg
- Women in The Chronicle of the Hutterian Brethren
- Women in the Hutterite Song Book (Die Lieder Der Hutterischen BrÜder)
- North German/Dutch Anabaptist Women
- The North German/Dutch Anabaptist Context
- Margarethe PrÜss of Strasbourg
- Ursula Jost and Barbara Rebstock of Strasbourg
- Hille Feicken of Sneek
- Divara of Haarlem
- Fenneke Van Geelen of Deventer
- Women Supporters of David Joris
- Anna Jansz of Rotterdam
- Maria and Ursula Van Beckum
- Elisabeth and Hadewijk of Friesland
- Soetken Van Den Houte of Oudenaarde
- Anna Hendriks of Amsterdam
- Soetjen Gerrits of Rotterdam and Vrou Gerrits of Medemblik
- Review of the Literature on Women in the Reformation and Radical Reformation
- Index
- Contributors to Profiles of Anabaptist Women
- Series Published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion/ Corporation Canadienne des Sciences Religieuses
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610925940
- 9781554587902
- 1554587905
- 9781280925948
- 1280925949
- 9780889206038
- 0889206031
- OCLC:
- 614475170
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