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Women's hidden role in religious reformation

Merry Wiesner-Hanks considers how early modern women transformed religious lives around the world

• Emily Briffett

Published: March 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM

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The histories of religious reformations across the globe have largely focused on men. But women were also integral to these major transformations. Speaking with Emily Briffett, historian Merry Wiesner-Hanks explains how early modern women strove to shape the world around them – as wives, mothers, missionaries, mystics and migrants.

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Merry Wiesner-Hanks is the author of Women and the Reformations: A Global History (Yale University Press, 2024).

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Emily BriffettSenior content producer (podcasts)

Emily Briffett is senior content producer (podcasts) at HistoryExtra

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