a woman before her time a woman before her time Matheson, Peter creator author. text bibliography oru Eugene, Oregon Cascade Books 2013 monographic eng

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xviii, 204 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. At a time when women were expected to stick to their household duties, according to Peter Matheson, Argula von Grumbach burst through every barrier. Matheson offers here a biography of the Reformation's first woman writer. Argula von Grumbach's first pamphlet in 1523 was reprinted all over Germany. Thousands of copies of her eight pamphlets appeared. Through her writing, von Grumbach defied her Bavarian princes (and her husband), denounced censorship, argued for an educated church and society, and developed her own understanding of faith and Scripture. She even intervened in the Imperial Diets at Nuremberg and Augsburg. Drawing for the first time on her correspondence, the author shows how von Grumbach paid dearly for her outspokenness but remained undaunted. Though some saw her as a she-devil and others as a harbinger of a new age, Matheson shows von Grumbach as a woman engaged in the life of the villages where she lived, as one motivated by the dreams she had for her children. In a time of sweeping change and risking everything for the light and truth she was given, Argula von Grumbach showed what the vision and determination of one person could achieve. by Peter Matheson. Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-199) and index. e-gx--- Grumbach, Argula von 1492-approximately 1568 Pamphleteers Germany History 16th century Protestant women Germany Correspondence Reformation Biography Women in Christianity History BR350.G78 M38 2013 274.306 Mat 2013 9781610977548 (pbk.) 1610977548 (pbk.) 2013454101 Nz 170629 20250605140740.0 18237016 eng