Event Title
Start Date
20-4-2017 12:45 PM
End Date
20-4-2017 2:00 AM
Disciplines
European History | Women's History
Subjects
Juan Luis Vives (1492-1540) -- Criticism and interpretation, Martin Luther (1483-1546) -- Criticism and interpretation, Women -- Education -- 15th-16th centuries
Description
In the early 1500s, Europe went through a time of rapidly changing ideas as a result of the rise of the humanist movement and Protestant Reformation. What did leading humanists and reformers believe about women's education? More importantly, how did their writings change the way Europeans viewed women's education? By examining the writings of humanist Juan Luis Vives and reformer Martin Luther, this paper argues that while both men countered misogynistic ideas of the day in support of women's education, Luther separated himself from humanist educators by suggesting that both women and men needed to be educated for their salvation, laying a positive groundwork for the future spread of women’s education out of spiritual necessity.
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/19801
Included in
"Would to God each town had also a girls' school" : New Views of Women's Education from Luther and Vives
In the early 1500s, Europe went through a time of rapidly changing ideas as a result of the rise of the humanist movement and Protestant Reformation. What did leading humanists and reformers believe about women's education? More importantly, how did their writings change the way Europeans viewed women's education? By examining the writings of humanist Juan Luis Vives and reformer Martin Luther, this paper argues that while both men countered misogynistic ideas of the day in support of women's education, Luther separated himself from humanist educators by suggesting that both women and men needed to be educated for their salvation, laying a positive groundwork for the future spread of women’s education out of spiritual necessity.