Women and the Reformation gathers historical materials and personal accounts to provide a comprehensive and accessible look at the status and contributions of w

"An updated text based on James I. Good's Famous women of the Reformed Church."

"Before the Reformation, in the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church, being a wife or mother was not a holy vocation. The only "spiritual" calling for women was to

"Katherine Willoughby, duchess of Suffolk, was one of the highest-ranking noblewomen in sixteenth-century England. She wielded considerable political power in h