Women Historians and Religious Change

This piece reflects on the role of women historians in proposing alternative narratives of religious change. Its focus is on the work of scholars who have challenged us to rethink the history of the European Reformations by placing gender and more recently material culture at the centre of their analyses. The broader suggestion is that the field of religious history has been especially receptive to radical interventions by women historians.

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Journal of Religious History
Published
2026-04-14
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9809.70075
Primary Topic
Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
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Women Historians and Religious Change

Mary Laven
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Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
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Women Historians and Religious Change

Mary Laven
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Abstract

This piece reflects on the role of women historians in proposing alternative narratives of religious change. Its focus is on the work of scholars who have challenged us to rethink the history of the European Reformations by placing gender and more recently material culture at the centre of their analyses. The broader suggestion is that the field of religious history has been especially receptive to radical interventions by women historians.

Journal of Religious History
University of Cambridge (GB)
Gender equality
Openalex Percentile: Top 4%
Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
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