Ursula Weyda

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Ursula Weyda , née von Zschöpperitz , (* 1504 in Altenburg ; † after 1565 ibid) was a pamphlet author of the Reformation .

Life

Ursula Weyda's father Heinrich was an electoral official. After his death, her mother Appollonia entered the service of the Altenburger Hof, where Ursula Weyda probably received her good education.

Her first marriage was Johann, the castle of Eisenberg , who, as the highest electoral official on site, introduced the Reformation in the Cistercian monastery in Eisenberg in 1524 . He brought Ursula into contact with the writings of Martin Luther . When, Schösserin of Eisenberg 'she published in 1524 the pamphlet Wyder the unchristian schreyben un Lester Book / Simon of Apts to Pegaw and seyner brothers in which they Abbot Simon Blich of Pegau attacked that Luther had attacked writings. In this pamphlet she speaks out against the celibacy of priests and for priestly marriage in extremely crude language and with many biblical quotations . This pamphlet sparked a heated discussion. One response pamphlet supported them, in another an anonymous scribe attacked all women who did not obey the biblical prohibition of silence. This attack on Ursula Weyda spurred women to actively interfere in the Reformation.

The first marriage remained childless and when the husband Johann died in 1541, Ursula married the clerk Franz Pehem in the same year, who brought three children into the marriage. Ursula Weyda died in Altenburg after 1565.

literature

Works

  • Wyder the unchristian schreyben un Lesterbuch / des Apts Simon to Pegaw and seyner brothers, in: Gisela Brandt: Ursula Weyda - prolutherische pamphlet author (1524) . Sociolinguistic studies on the history of New High German (Stuttgarter Arbeit zur Germanistik 358), Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-88099-363-7 , pp. 278–301.

Secondary literature

  • Gisela Brandt: Ursula Weyda - proluther pamphlet author (1524) . Sociolinguistic studies on the history of New High German (Stuttgarter Arbeit zur Germanistik 358), Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-88099-363-7 .
  • Sonja Domröse: Women of the Reformation. Learned, courageous and faithful . Göttingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-525-55012-0 .
  • Dorothee Kommer: Reformatory pamphlets from women. Pamphlet authors of the Reformation and their view of the clergy (works on theology and church history 40), Leipzig 2013, ISBN 978-3-374-03163-4 .
  • Franziska Kuschel: “Strong Women” of the Reformation - Selected Biograms . In: Simona Schellenberger (Ed.): A strong women's story. 500 years of the Reformation . Accompanying volume to the special exhibition in Rochlitz Castle , Beucha 2014, ISBN 978-3-86729-132-3 , pp. 29–35.
  • Stefan Oehmig: "Wyder das unchristlich schreyben and Lesterbuch of Apt Simon to Pegaw and seyner brothers". Ursula Weida - a militant advocate of the Reformation . In: Peter Freybe (Ed.): Women fo (e) rdern Reformation , Wittenberg 2004, ISBN 3-933028-86-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ursula Weyda on Frauen-und-reformation.de
  2. ↑ Franziska Kuschel: "Strong Women" of the Reformation - Selected Biograms . In: Simona Schellenberger (Ed.): A strong women's story. 500 years of the Reformation . Volume accompanying the special exhibition in Rochlitz Castle, Beucha 2014, pp. 29–35, p. 29.
personal data
SURNAME Weyda, Ursula
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zschöpperitz, Ursula von (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Pamphlet author of the Reformation
DATE OF BIRTH 1504
PLACE OF BIRTH Altenburg
DATE OF DEATH after 1565
Place of death Altenburg