Title Profiles of Anabaptist women : sixteenth-century reforming pioneers / C. Arnold Snyder and Linda A. Huebert Hecht, editors

Published Waterloo, Ont. : Published for the Canadian Corp. for Studies in Religion by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1996

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 438 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Studies in women and religion = Etudes sur les femmes et la religion ; 3 Etudes sur les femmes et la religion ; no 3. Contents The Swiss Anabaptist context -- Agnes Zender of Aarau -- Agnes Linck from Biel -- Adelheit Schwartz of Watt -- Margret Hottinger of Zollikon -- Elsbeth Theiller of Horgen -- Anna Scharnschlager of Hopfgarten, Tirol -- Margaret Hellwart of Beutelsbach -- 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) -- 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 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Anabaptist women -- Europe -- Biography Christian women martyrs -- Europe -- Biography Reformation. Christian women -- Europe -- Biography Anabaptists -- Europe -- Biography Reformation. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Religious. RELIGION -- Christianity -- Protestant. Christian women Anabaptists Anabaptist women Christian women martyrs Reformation Europe Genre/Form Electronic books Biographies Form Electronic book Author Snyder, C. Arnold, 1946- Hecht, Linda A. Huebert (Linda Agnes Huebert), 1946- ISBN 9780889206038 0889206031 9781554587902 1554587905 9786610925940 6610925941

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