Grumbach, Argula von (1492–after 1563)
Grumbach, Argula von (1492–after 1563)
German religious writer. Born Argula von Stauffer in 1492 in Bavaria, Germany; died after 1563; m. Friedrich von Grumbach, 1516 (died c. 1530); had a brief 2nd marriage; children: 4.
Bavarian noblewoman who corresponded with Martin Luther and wrote letters and tracts promoting ideas of Reformation; wrote to University of Ingolstadt challenging faculty to debate her views (1523), causing husband to lose his job; imprisoned briefly (1563) because of her religious views.
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