He Is the Sun, She Is the Moon: Women in Early Modern Germany

by Heide Wunder

Heide Wunder refers to the cosmic image contained in the 1578 Book of Marital Discipline that characterizes the relationship between husband and wife. In the late 1990s He is the sun, she is the moon might be interpreted as a hierarchy of dominance and subordination. At the time it was used, however, sun and moon reflected the different but equal status of husband and wife.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674383214
• ISBN13: 9780674383210
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.2"