Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
Barbara d'Austria, 16th century Europe, women, religious upheaval
College
Humanities
Department
English
Abstract
The purpose of this project was to recover source documents regarding the life of a significant 16th-century woman who has been otherwise largely left out of history. Barbara d’Austria, daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary, was an intensely religious and ambitious woman who was said to have used her own funds to provide shelter for women who had been displaced by an earthquake. But other than this general knowledge, and a few poems written at her marriage celebration by Torquato Tasso, little else has been developed regarding her life and influence. After scouring the library with BYU librarians and finding very little, Dr. Siegfried and I decided that her history. As I note below, she is of more than passing importance.
Recommended Citation
Fox, Victoria and Siegfried, Brandie
(2016)
"Barbara d’Austria: Women and Religious Upheaval in 16th-century Europe,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2016:
Iss.
1, Article 126.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2016/iss1/126