Katharina von Bora for all seasons -- "Jesus cage": incarceration in a cloister -- "Here I stand": religious revolution in Germany -- "A wagon load of vestal virgins": escaping the convent -- "A bitter living": daily life in old Wittenberg -- "Pigtails on the pillow": marriage to Martin Luther -- "Neither wood nor stone": a Reformation husband -- "From Katie, a little heathen": motherhood at the manse -- "Morning star of Wittenberg": at work before dawn -- "Hew an obedient wife out of stone": pushing gender boundaries -- "Stop worrying, let God worry": worrywart of Wittenberg -- "Fifty gulden" Bible reading: undervalued spirituality -- "No words can express my heartbreak": widowhood and final years -- Brand Bora: Concluding thoughts on Katharina.