Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer

Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer is Susan C. Karant-Nunn Professor of Reformation and Early Modern European History at the University of Arizona. Her work examines religious reform impacts on social structures in German-speaking Europe.

Research focuses on:

• Reformation effects on gender roles and family structures
• Legal evolution of religious identity and social norms
• Tolerance/intolerance dynamics in Holy Roman Empire
• Experiences of nuns during religious reforms

Awarded 2013 Gerald Strauss Book Prize for From Priest's Whore to Pastor's Wife. Teaches Renaissance/Reformation history and specialized seminars on women's history and monasticism.