Lady Inger and Her Family: Norway's Exemplar of Mixed Motives in the Reformation

No woman played the main role in the sixteenth-century Reformation in any country. But in Norway's Reformation Lady Inger of Austraat and two of her sons-in-law, Vincens Lunge and Nils Lykke, stand out as central and dramatic figures. Yet since Norway is a land that was then a backwater eddy in...

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Main Author: Christopherson, K. E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1986
In: Church history
Year: 1986, Volume: 55, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-38
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Summary:No woman played the main role in the sixteenth-century Reformation in any country. But in Norway's Reformation Lady Inger of Austraat and two of her sons-in-law, Vincens Lunge and Nils Lykke, stand out as central and dramatic figures. Yet since Norway is a land that was then a backwater eddy in history, this Reformation tends to be overlooked. Thus historians have not recognized Lady Inger's important role.
ISSN:1755-2613
Contains:Enthalten in: Church history
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/3165420