Overview

This text brings together eleven important pieces by Merry Wiesner, several of them previously unpublished, on three major areas in the study of women and gender in early modern Germany: religion, law and work.

Final Chapter

The final chapter, specially written for this volume, addresses three fundamental questions: "Did women have a Reformation?"; "What effects did the development of capitalism have on women?"; and "Do the concepts 'Renaissance' and 'Early Modern' apply to women's experience?"

Conclusion

The book concludes with an extensive bibliographical essay exploring both English and German scholarship.