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The Holy Household: Women and Morals in Reformation Augsburg (Oxford Studies in Social History) (Updated Edition) by Lyndal Roper Paperback, 310 Pages, Published 1991 ISBN-10: 0-19-820280-6 / 0198202806 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-820280-6 / 9780198202806 This is a fascinating study of the impact of the Reformation idea of "civic righteousness" on the position of women in Augsburg. Roper argues that its development, both as a religious credo and as a social movement, must be understood in terms of gender. Until now the effects of the Reformation on |