The Reformation and Women

Parsonage and Prophecy
The Reformation opened up new doors for women—and closed many others.
By Jennifer and Edwin Woodruff Tait

Her name was Katherine von Bora. She was 26, an escaped nun who had left the convent along with 10 of her sisters when she became convinced of the truth of Lutheran theology. After two years as a guest in the home of German artist Lucas Cranach and his family, who made various attempts to marry her off, she finally gave word that she would only marry either Luther's friend Amsdorf or Luther himself. She and the 42-year-old reformer were married on June 13, 1525.

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