How women’s roles changed in the sixteenth century

Marguerite de Navarre and Jeanne d’Albret shaped French religion for generations

Argula von Grumbach proclaimed “no woman’s chit-chat, but the Word of God”

The women of the English Reformation were active participants in a theological drama

Exemplary women of the Reformation with confidence in their convictions

Nuns, prophets, queens, witches, wives

Readers respond to Christian History

Enter the fifth issue in our four-issue Reformation series.

Bullinger's book on Christian marriage was a best-seller

In 2002 Dentière received belated recognition; her name was added to the Wall of the Reformers in Geneva.

The Reformation through women's eyes

From pamphlet writing to pastoral counsel, Katharina Schütz Zell fought for her right to speak 

Blaurer was of use to the church as a single woman.

Margarethe Prüss helped advance the radical Reformation through her publishing

Want to learn more about lesser-known women of the Reformation? Check out these recommendations from our editors and from this issue’s authors.

Von Grumbach’s letter to the University of Ingolstadt protesting the arrest and exile of Arsacius Seehofer for holding Lutheran views, excerpted here, became her most famous and best-selling piece of writing