The life of Lady Johanna Eleonora Petersen, written by herself pietism and women's autobiography in seventeenth-century Germany
In a time when the Pauline dictum decreed that women be silent in matters of the Church, Johanna Eleonora Petersen (1644-1724) was a pioneering author of religious books, insisting on her right to speak out as a believer above her male counterparts.
Autobiographie
XXIX, 140 S. Ill. 24 cm
9780226662992, 9780226662985, 0226662993, 0226662985
180907106
THE LIFE OF LADY JOHANNA ELEONORA PETERSEN, WRITTEN BY HERSELF
Pietism and Women's Autobiography in Seventeenth-Century GermanyBy Johanna Eleonora Petersen
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
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ISBN: 978-0-226-66299-2
Contents
Acknowledgments................................................................................................................................viiSeries Editors' Introduction...................................................................................................................ixJohanna Eleonora Petersen, n��e von und zu Merlau (1644-1724): From Noblewoman to Radical Pietist...............................................1Volume Editor's Bibliography...................................................................................................................45The Life of Lady Johanna Eleonora Petersen, n��e von und zu Merlau, Wife of Dr. Johann Wilhelm Petersen, Written by Herself.....................59Editor's Introduction..........................................................................................................................59Translation....................................................................................................................................61Appendix A.....................................................................................................................................99Editor's Introduction..........................................................................................................................99A Supplication to the Magistrate of Frankfurt (1677)...........................................................................................100Appendix B.....................................................................................................................................103Editor's Introduction..........................................................................................................................103A Letter to Her Sisters: The Nature and Necessity of the New Creature in Christ (1699).........................................................105Series Editors' Bibliography...................................................................................................................121Index..........................................................................................................................................135
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