110:. In contrast to much of the other work that is known of Katharina, she took almost no part in the writing of the hymns in the book. The book had originally been produced in 1531 by Michael Weisse who gave strict instructions for the actual text of the book to not be altered, though she did add two other hymns. What Katharina did have some control over was the actual music behind the hymns, which went through some major changes by her. It is possible that Katharina had an assistant she relied on for the musical adaptation, though no such assistant is mentioned by her. Katharina's preface to the song book reveals her concern for the spiritual well-being of the laity, especially women:
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people to marry a pastor, even before the marriage of Martin Luther, something that was not necessarily thought too highly of at the time. Her marriage was what would be seen as a true equal partnership in a society that required that the good wife be silent and obedient, and in which women usually only achieved independence as widows. Katharina had two children with
Matthew, although they both died at very young ages. Mathew died on 9 January 1548. Though Katharina mourned and grieved his death, this did not stop her work. She dealt with her grief by intensifying her Bible study. Katharina herself became ill in 1561 and died on 5 September 1562.
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disagreements on the latter." Katharina was also aware that as a woman with very strong personal views and values, not all people would be supportive of her. She wrote, "What can I do or achieve now that I am a poor woman, who, so many say, should spin and care for the sick ... I am convinced that if I agreed with our preachers in everything I would be called the most pious and knowledgeable woman born in
Germany. But since I disagree I am called an arrogant person and, as many say, Doctor Katharina(doctor being a demeaning term implying presumptuousness)"
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to certain roles and rules which were institutionally and socially enforced on them. Katharina is an example of a woman who broke through these barriers to get her beliefs out to the public. Katharina also differs from some other women reformers in that she was not subject to much threatening opposition. One woman who faced some of this opposition was
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fluently, and eventually developed some basic knowledge of Latin. Katharina's interests in learning were mainly religious, as well as professional training, particularly preparation for an independent profession. This was also not the end of her education. She took it upon herself to continue independent learning throughout the rest of her life.
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Katharina is noted greatly for her writings and unique personal beliefs. She was very open-minded for a person of her time period and showed it through her actions and writings. Stjerna writes, "She believed a distinction should be made between people and creeds, the care for the former outweighing
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Katharina's experiences do not reflect those of the majority of women during the
Reformation. The work she did was not ordinary of women in this time period. The Reformation actually produced fewer women writers than the previous medieval period. Women of this time period were expected to conform
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Katharina's titles and occupations was that of a pamphleteer. Pamphlets were essential for Protestantism during the Reformation. Zitzlsperger writes "Without pamphlets the Reformation would arguably not have had the same outcome. The pamphlets served to inform a wide audience quickly and
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gained fame and began to spread. Katharina was introduced to much of these new teachings and views of religion by
Matthew Zell, the pastor who took charge of the St. Lawrence Cathedral in Strasbourg in 1518. Katharina eventually started to take these beliefs as her own through Zell's sermons and
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As a woman of this time period, Katharina did face some challenges that the male pamphleteers would not have had. In facing criticism
Katharina would remind her criticizers that she never forgot her responsibility as a wife and that she was her husband's partner. In doing so, Katharina showed his
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Katharina's family devoted a large portion of their personal finances to the education of their numerous children. Katharina herself received an excellent vernacular education. The exact form of schooling
Katharina received is not clear, but it is clear that she learned to read and write German
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Katharina SchĂĽtz Zell was most likely born in early 1498 to
Elisabeth Gerster and Jacob SchĂĽtz in Strasbourg. She had two older brothers, Jacob and Lux, and two older sisters, Elisabeth and Barbara. After she was born her parents had five more children, Margaret, Magdalene, Ursula, Andrea, and
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at 6:00am on 3 December 1523. The reason behind her marriage was mainly vocational, "Katharina SchĂĽtz was convinced that she was called to marry
Matthew Zell as an expression of her faith in God and her love for others." Katharina's marriage is also interesting because she was one of the first
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with dogmatic effectiveness on current affairs. Noblewomen of the time would have been most likely in the public eye with their pamphlets much more than
Katharina who, as a middle-class woman, tended to be less exposed since she was writing more for her local community.
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acknowledgment of her important role, and gave value to her personal contributions, "This is why my pious husband only called me his curate, although I never stood on the pulpit – something I did not have to do in my line of duties."
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She considered these Bohemian songs more suitable in subject matter than any liturgical German hymns which had been published in Strasbourg. However, her editions of these books were never reprinted.
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