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The Formation of Clerical and Confessional Identities in Early Modern Europe (review)

convincingly asserts that it was the nuns’ communal solidarity that turned their resistance into a successful outcome. The author’s command of relevant Reformation historiography, setting the stage for the impending Strasbourg developments, is also quite remarkable. Her rather skeptical thought on the confessionalization thesis suggesting a more accommodating rather than antagonistic stance is well-argued. While the metaphor of walls introduced in the title might have been a bit more developed — not only because it is based on a quotation of Martin Luther’s, but also considering the continued fascination with walls, physical and metaphorical — this thoroughly scholarly book deserves a wide readership. It might be especially appealing to those disenchanted with seemingly overpowering machinations of the present. MARIA R. BOES West Chester University of Pennsylvania