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Article: A Reformation Life: Katharina von Bora.(Book Review)
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- September 1, 2005
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A Reformation Life: Katharina von Bora. By Rudolf K. Markwald and Marilynn Morris Markwald. St. Louis, Mo.: Concordia, 2002. 253 pp. $20.99 paper.
Any evaluation of this biography must begin by acknowledging what it is and what it is not. It is not a critical appraisal of the woman best known to history as the wife of Martin Luther. It is instead a historically informed, appreciative biography oriented to a popular audience.
Its popular orientation need not mean that historians cross it off their reading lists. In fact, many historians will appreciate the Markwalds' thorough attention to historical background, such as when they explain how Martin and ...