Women's Responses to the Reformation

The 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s 95 Theses is fast approaching. The University of Oxford has begun preparations to mark this key event in European history, some of which are centred on the Taylor Institution’s collection of Lutheran pamphlets. This workshop focuses specifically on how women from all walks of life, and from across Europe and beyond, responded to the events of the Reformation. In particular, we are interested in exploring women’s cultural and written responses. We are delighted that Professor Ulrike Strasser (UC San Diego) will speak on gender and the Jesuit missions in the Marianas Islands as part of the workshop.

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Political wisdom and deep devotion: The introduction of the Reformation in Southern Lower Saxony by Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Calenberg-Gottingen

Ruth Gornandt gives a talk for the Women's responses to the Reformation, held in Oxford on 23rd June 2016.

Jun 28, 2016•31 min

'Print therefore good Lord, and write these examples in my memory': The Forgotten History of Writing and Printing Lady Abergavenny's Prayers

Louise Horton gives a talk for the Women's responses to the Reformation, held in Oxford on 23rd June 2016.

Jun 28, 2016•20 min

Danish Noblewomen's Use of Manuscript Prayer Books c. 1550-1600

Marie Møller Christensen gives a talk for the Women's responses to the Reformation, held in Oxford on 23rd June 2016.

Jun 28, 2016•16 min

Textual Negotiation and Resistance of Female Religious Communities Facing Reformation

Elizabeth Goodwin gives a talk for the Women's responses to the Reformation, held in Oxford on 23rd June 2016.

Jun 28, 2016•18 min

Sin and Salvation: Churching as a disciplinary tool in Early Modern Denmark

Mette Ahlefeldt-Laurvig gives a talk for the Women's responses to the Reformation, held in Oxford on 23rd June 2016.

Jun 28, 2016•21 min

Brandenburg's Calvinist Turn and the Portrayal of Dynastic Women

Prof Sara Smart (Exeter) gives a talk for the Women's responses to the Reformation, held in Oxford on 23rd June 2016.

Jun 28, 2016•40 min

Recording women's responses to the Reformation: Henry Jessey as "relator" of Sarah Wight's religious prophecy in The Exceeding Riches of Grace (1647)

Claire McGann gives a talk for the Women's responses to the Reformation, held in Oxford on 23rd June 2016.

Jun 28, 2016•19 min

The women behind the prophecies: A discussion of Ursula Jost and her printer Margarethe Prüss

Nicola Deboys gives a talk for the Women's responses to the Reformation, held in Oxford on 23rd June 2016.

Jun 28, 2016•25 min

Of Martyrs and Makhanas: Jesuits and Gender in the Seventeenth-Century Marianas Mission

Prof Ulrike Strasser (UC San Diego) gives a talk for the Women's Responses to the Reformation conference.

Jun 27, 2016•28 min

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