Nails in the Wall - Catholic Nuns in Reformation Germany

Informationen zum Autor Amy Leonard is assistant professor of history at Georgetown University. Klappentext During the Protestant Reformation! Martin Luther took the biblical maxim "be fruitful and multiply" and used it within the realm of marriage as the cornerstone of his new Christian community. By denying the spiritual superiority of celibacy and introducing new tenets regarding gender! marriage! chastity! and religious life! Luther challenged one of the key expressions of Catholicism--monastic life. Yet many religious living in cloistered communities! particularly women! refused to accept these new terms and successfully opposed the new Protestant culture.Focusing primarily on a group of Dominican nuns in Strasbourg! Germany! Amy Leonard's "Nails in the Wall outlines the century-long battle between these nuns and the Protestant city council. Using their charm! wealth! and political and social connections! the nuns were able to sustain their Catholic practices. Leonard's in-depth archival research uncovers letters about and records of the nuns' struggle to maintain their religious beliefs and way of life in the face of Protestant reforms. She tells the story of how they worked privately to keep Catholicism alive--continuing to pray in Latin! smuggling in priests to celebrate Mass! and secretly professing scores of novices to ensure the survival of their convents. This fascinating and heartening study shows that! far from passively allowing the Protestants to dismantle their belief system! the women of the Strasbourg convents were active participants in the battle over their vocation and independence.

Product details

• Authors: Amy Leonard, Amy Leonard, Leonard Amy
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.07.2005
• EAN: 9780226472577
• ISBN: 978-0-226-47257-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Women in Culture and Society; Women in Culture and Society Series; Women in Culture and Society Series; Women in Culture and Society; Women in Culture & Society Series WCS
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, Germany, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Monasticism, Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches, Religious communities and monasticism, Christian communities & monasticism