Katharina Schutz Zell (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Thought) (2 Volume set) (v. 1 & 2) [Hardcover]

Elsie Anne McKee (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1998 | ISBN-10: 9004111123 | ISBN-13: 978-9004111127

This volume provides access to the literary corpus of an early Protestant Reformation leader, Katherine Schutz Zell. An educated craftswoman and pastor's wife, Katherine wrote German fluently. Her works span the years from 1524 to 1558 and range in genre from devotional, educational and pastoral texts, to sermonic literature and theological polemic. Schutz Zell's writings reveal a lively mind, considerable Biblical knowledge and a gift for history. Her autograph letter to Caspar Schwenckfeld is important for the light it sheds on confessionalization in the 1550s and one woman's friendly but sturdy intellectual independence.

Editorial Reviews

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'"This is the magisterial life of Katharina Sch]tz Zell that we who have been waiting for it were confident it would be. The author's mastery of the sources, meticulous attention to detail, and critical and intuitive if rapt scutiny of the extraordinary woman who is her subject inform every page.'
Susan C. Karant-Nunn, "Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 2001.
'"This work provides an in-depth, scholarly, and eminently readable account of a laywoman who was one of the best-known women advocates of the Reformation in her own day.'
Karin Maag, "Calvin Theological Journal.
'..".zwei umfangreiche Bdnde ]ber die Stra_burger Laientheologin Katharina Zell (1498-1562) vorgelegt, die zu den bedeutendsten neueren Publikationen aus der Reformationsgeschichte gerechnet werden kvnnen.'.
Martin H. Jung, "Bldtter fur W]rtt. Kirchengeschichte, 2001.
'"The appearance of these volumes is a cause for celebration among students of the Reformation; a gifted historian has turned her attention to the work of a significant but long-neglected reformer.by a thorough, readable presentation of Sch]tz Zell's biography and theology and in a brilliant edition of virtually the entire corpus of her extant writings, McKee has altered the parameters of Reformation studies.'
John L. Farthing, "Religious Studies Review, 2001.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 582 pages
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub (November 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9004111123
• ISBN-13: 978-9004111127
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 x 2.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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