The Mother of the Reformation
Subtitle: the amazing life and story of Katharine Luther
By: by Ernst Kroker ; translated by Mark E. DeGarmeaux
Contributors: DeGarmeaux, Mark E., translator; Kroker, Ernst, 1859-1927
Publisher: Concordia Publishing House
Published: 2013
Place of publication: St. Louis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780758635266
Subjects: Families; Reformation; Reformationen; Family; Biography
Work titles: Katharina von Bora, Martin Luthers Frau
Description: Kroker paints an intimate picture of Katie and of family life in the Black Cloister during the formative years of the Reformation, showing how Katie s marriage to Martin Luther was a multifaceted vocation, with such tasks as household brew mistress, cloister landlady, property overseer, gardener, cow- and pig-herder, and fishwife. Indeed, Katie oversaw their home much like a lord in her kingdom, yet in the midst of it all stood the man to whom her work, concern, and duty were directed.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Lippendorf, Brehna, Nimbschen --; title: From Nimbschen to Wittenberg --; title: In Master Reichenbach's house --; title: Katie enters the Black Cloister --; title: The Morning Star of Wittenberg --; title: Children and child-rearing --; title: Members of the household --; title: Friends and guests --; title: Luther's death --; title: In poverty --; title: From Wittenberg to Torgau --; title: Voices of contemporaries and opinions of later generations.