Katharina and Martin Luther : the radical marriage of a runaway nun and a renegade monk

Katharina and Martin Luther The radical marriage of a runaway nun and a renegade monk

Michelle Derusha

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Subjects
Luther, Katharina von Bora, > 1499-1552.
Luther, Martin, > 1483-1546.
Marriage > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Biographies.
Genres
Biographies
Published
Grand Rapids : Baker Books 2017.
Language
English
Main Author
Michelle Derusha (author)
Physical Description
315 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-315).
ISBN
9780801019104
  • List of Illustrations
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Map: The Luthers' Locations
  • Introduction; The Story of an Unlikely Life
  • 1. To the Cloister School
  • 2. A Nun without a Choice
  • 3. A Family Rift:
  • 4. The Good Monk
  • 5. The Road to Damascus and a Nail in the Door
  • 6. Hear This, O Pope!
  • 7. The Risks of Freedom
  • 8. Escape
  • 9. Marriage Makeover
  • 10. Tying the Knot
  • 11. Backlash
  • 12. Hausfrau Extraordinaire
  • 13. Two Pigtails on the Pillow
  • 14. A Family Affair
  • 15. The Noblest, Most Precious Work
  • 16. In the Valley of the Shadow of Death
  • 17. 'Til Death Did Them Part
  • 18. A Chancy Thing
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Timed to the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, DeRusha (50 Women Every Christian Should Know) paints a portrait of Katharina von Bora and Martin Luther's marriage that is easily readable but lacks both depth and quality of research. DeRusha adopts a conversational style, interleaving her chapters with imaginative reconstructions of historical events. She proceeds in a chronological fashion, talking alternately about von Bora and Luther until their marriage; after that point, she discusses the couple and their children as a family unit. The author admits in her preface that she relied mostly on English-language sources, a particularly problematic approach given that von Bora's life is not very well documented in any language, particularly in English. DeRusha refers freely and frequently to other historians but makes little attempt to bring their work together in a synthetic or analytic fashion. DeRusha's book would be best read alongside more comprehensive works. (Jan.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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