He Is the Sun, She Is the Moon

Women in Early Modern Germany

Heide Wunder

Translated by Thomas Dunlap

    Preface: Women in the History of Early Modern Europe

    Women's Lives, Life Stories, and History in the Early Modern Period

    The Stages of a Woman's Life: The Course of Life and Life Stories

    Marriage: Keeping House and Making a Living

    Work and Life Become Family-Based

    Professionalization, Experience, and Common Sense

    "The Lord Have Mercy on All Pregnant Women": The Female Body as Destiny?

    "Single and Unattached": Maids and Widows

    "Evil" Women: Sorceresses and Witches

    Gynarchy--Women in Charge

    Women's Courage: Pious Women, Rebellious Women

    Women's Rights, Civic Rights, Human Rights: Emancipation and Coming of Age in the Age of Englightenment and Revolution?

    He Is the Sun, She Is the Moon

    Notes

    References

    Index

  • Cover: He Is the Sun, She Is the Moon

Heide Wunder is Professor of Social History, University of Kassel, Germany.