Women of the Reformation
The Reformation was carried out by men like Martin Luther , Philipp Melanchthon and their circle. On the basis of central Reformation teachings and the new accessibility of the Holy Scriptures, however, the opportunity also opened up for women to actively participate in theological and church-political debates of the time.
This is a list of notable women of the Reformation period who worked as reformers, as well as women who acted as reformers.
Women of the Reformation Age
The following list contains women of the Reformation age, listed chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
- Anna Reinhart (1484-1538)
- Elisabeth of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (1485–1555)
- Felicitas von Selmnitz (1488–1558)
- Ursula von Münsterberg (~ 1491–1534)
- Argula von Grumbach (1492–1568)
- Margarete Blarer (1494–1541)
- Marie Dentière (1495–1561)
- Katharina Krapp (1497–1557)
- Katharina Zell (1497–1562)
- Katharina von Bora (1499–1552)
- Barbara von Wertheim (1500–1561)
- Elisabeth of Hesse (1502–1557)
- Elisabeth Cruciger (1504-1535)
- Wibrandi's rose leaf (1504–1564)
- Ursula Wayda (1504-1565)
- Idelette de Bure (* ~ 1507–1549)
- Elisabeth of Brandenburg (1510–1558)
- Catherine of Saxony-Lauenburg (1513–1535)
- Olympia Fulvia Morata (1526–1555)
- Anna of Denmark (1532–1585)
- Dorothea Susanna of Saxe-Weimar (1544–1592)
- Apollonia Hirscher (~ 1547)
- Katarzyna Sydonia (1550–1594)
- Katharina Conrad (1591–1626)
- Susanna Lórántffy (1600–1660)
- Hille Feicken (*? - 1534)
- Ave von Schönfeld (*? - ~ 1541)
Women of the post-Reformation age
These women, too, even if they were born later, had significance and role models for the Protestants' religious life.
- Kata Szidónia Petrőczy (1662–1759)
- Katharina Bethlen (1700–1759)
- Henriette Alexandrine of Nassau-Weilburg (1797–1829)
- Maria Dorothea of Württemberg (1797–1855)