Sisters : : myth and reality of Anabaptist, Mennonite, and Doopsgezind women ca. 1525-1900 / / edited by Mirjam van Veen [and five others].

• Superior document: Brill's Series in Church History, Volume 65
• TeilnehmendeR: Veen, Mirjam van,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.; ©2014
• שנת הוצאה לאור: 2014
• שפה: English
• סדרה: Brill's series in church history ; Volume 65.
• תיאור פיזי: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• הערות: Includes index.

Harlot, pious martyr, marriage breaker, obedient sister, prophetess, literate woman, agent of the devil, hypocrite. These are some qualifications of the image of Anabaptist/Mennonite women, from a wide array of perspectives. Over the ages they became both negative and positive stereotypes, created b...