Gender, Church and State in Early Modern Germany

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Gender, Church and State in Early Modern Germany is written by Merry E. Wiesner and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1317886887 (ISBN 10) and 9781317886884 (ISBN 13).

This text brings together eleven important pieces by Merry Wiesner, several of them previously unpublished, on three major areas in the study of women and gender in early modern Germany: religion, law and work.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