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Article: Women and the Reformation.(Book review)
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- Church History
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- September 1, 2009
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2009 American Society of Church History. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Women and the Reformation. By Kirsi Stjerna. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2009. x + 271 pp. $94.95 cloth; $39.95 paper. Few would dispute that the Reformation had a significant impact on views of women and their roles in society. Where scholars disagree is in their assessments of this impact. Did the Reformation bring freedom and new opportunities to women, or did it instead result in new restrictions? In her latest work, Women and the Reformation, Kirsi Stjerna makes a valuable contribution to this debate. She clearly demonstrates that no simple answer exists to this question, but that the place of women in the Reformation is just as complex as the history of the period as a ...
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