Jussie's "The Short Chronicle" Women in Reformation

Jussie's "The Short Chronicle" women in reformation
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Jussie's "The Short Chronicle" women in reformation
The Reformation period is usually described as the 16th century that entailed prolonged upheavals of varied nature ranging from the political, intellectual and the cultural viewpoint. Such a period has significance in the historical dimension given that it was the foundation of the modern era given that it fractured Catholic Europe. Various accounts elaborate the occurrences and contribution by various groups of people during such a period. Importantly, women are an ideal group of people that helps the modern society to understand their contribution during the Reformation period. Moreover, evidence from Jeanne de Jussie’s Short Chronicle elaborates more on the women’s role during the same period (Jussie & Klaus, 2006).
A good point to start the discussion is in the case that Jeanne de Jussie’s Short Chronicle offers insight into the events and occurrence during the Reformation period. Particularly, his work elaborates the quality of the experiences that women underwent during the same period that marked the establishment of the modern Europe. For instance, Jessie points that the Republican facet reduced women’s capacity regarding self-governing expression. His statement points to the fact that women were subjects of oppression that victimized their groups as compared to the male counterparts. "Religion was a rich vein for female expression of various kinds – prophetic, literary, political, spiritual and familial among them," p.113.
A point to note, such a circumstance would have automatically triggered a mixed reaction from the women. Importantly, they would have engaged in upheavals given that they felt pressurized to the maximum limit. On the same note, such compromising situation would have automatically generated economic and financial constraints in the case that it limited women interdependency (Jussie & Klaus, 2006). Additionally, one would agree that there were unbearable living conditions during the same time which would have naturally triggered selfless action from the women population. Evidence of the unbearable condition as exhibited in Jeanne de Jussie’s Short Chronicle is the increase of declaration of illegitimate births.
Given such development, certain elements of the societal lives changed for the women population. Firstly, women realized that they had to obtain an education so as to be able to manage their famili...