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Frau Wibrandis : a woman in the time of Reformation / Ernst Staehelin ; translated with introduction, notes, and illustrations by Ed. L. Miller, with Ingalisa Reicke.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: Eugene, Or. : Wipf & Stock, [2009]Description: 1 online resource : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles, mapContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781498274999
  • 1498274994
Uniform titles:
  • Frau Wibrandis. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 270.6092 23
LOC classification:
  • BR350.R67 S7213 2009eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Basel and Strasbourg -- Wibrandis' origins -- With Oecolampadius in Basel -- With Capito in Strasbourg -- With Bucer in Strasbourg -- Years of exile : England -- A widow in Strasbourg and Basel -- Children and grandchildren.
Summary: The sixteenth century in Europe was a tumultuous time. It was the time of plagues, a time of wars, and a time of reformation. The Protestant Reformation was a decisive moment. We hear a great deal about men who shaped that time, such as Martin Luther, John Calvin, Ulrich Zwingli, Thomas Butzer, and innumerable others. But who were the women who stood behind those men? One of them was Wibrandis Rosenblatt. Hers is a remarkable story. She married and buried four men in succession, all of them Protestant reformers. She endured the daily hardships and annoyances of the Protestant parsonage. She cracked the whip on a wayward son. She liked family outings, especially during the grape harvest. Eventually she was swept away by the plague of 1564. Through all this, Wibrandis was a faithful witness to Christianity. The author of Frau Wibrandis, Ernst Staehelin, was a church historian and a professor at the University of Basel. He himself was Swiss and a descendent of Wibrandis.

Originally published: Frau Wibrandis: Eine Gestalt aus den Kämpfen der Reformationszeit. Bern: Gotthelf-Verlag, 1934.

Includes bibliographical references.

Basel and Strasbourg -- Wibrandis' origins -- With Oecolampadius in Basel -- With Capito in Strasbourg -- With Bucer in Strasbourg -- Years of exile : England -- A widow in Strasbourg and Basel -- Children and grandchildren.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 12, 2016).

The sixteenth century in Europe was a tumultuous time. It was the time of plagues, a time of wars, and a time of reformation. The Protestant Reformation was a decisive moment. We hear a great deal about men who shaped that time, such as Martin Luther, John Calvin, Ulrich Zwingli, Thomas Butzer, and innumerable others. But who were the women who stood behind those men? One of them was Wibrandis Rosenblatt. Hers is a remarkable story. She married and buried four men in succession, all of them Protestant reformers. She endured the daily hardships and annoyances of the Protestant parsonage. She cracked the whip on a wayward son. She liked family outings, especially during the grape harvest. Eventually she was swept away by the plague of 1564. Through all this, Wibrandis was a faithful witness to Christianity. The author of Frau Wibrandis, Ernst Staehelin, was a church historian and a professor at the University of Basel. He himself was Swiss and a descendent of Wibrandis.