{"product_id":"the-holy-household-lyndal-roper-9780198202806","title":"The Holy Household: Women and Morals in Reformation Augsburg","description":"This is a fascinating study of the impact of the Reformation idea of \"civic righteousness\" on the position of women in Augsburg. Roper argues that its development, both as a religious credo and as a social movement, must be understood in terms of gender. Until now the effects of the Reformation on women have been viewed as largely beneficial--Protestantism being linked with the forces of progressivism, individualism, and modernization. Roper here argues that such a view of the Reformation's legacy is a profound misreading, and that the status of women was, in fact, worsened by the Reformation. A number of themes are explored: the economic position of women in the household economy; the nature of \"civic righteousness\" and how it applied a \"reform moralism\" to the role of marriage and the household; the efforts of civic authority to reform sexual deviance; the attempts to control marriage and the breakdown of marriage; and the role of convents and nuns. \u003cem\u003eThe Holy Household\u003c\/em\u003e is the first scholarly account of how the Reformation affected half of society. It combines sound application of feminist theory with careful, open-ended archival research to advance our understanding of the Reformation, of feminist history, and of the place of women in modern European society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lyndal Roper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198202806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198202806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Clarendon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d","brand":"Lyndal Roper","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119420240127,"sku":"9780198202806","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9123d37a-6495-4b27-9d9b-e50a7d8962ab.jpg?v=1687409246","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-holy-household-lyndal-roper-9780198202806","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}