{"product_id":"the-burdens-of-sister-margaret-inside-a-seventeenth-century-convent-9780300081213","title":"The Burdens of Sister Margaret: Inside a Seventeenth-Century Convent","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Craig Harline\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Christianity - History - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on a treasure trove of letters, this fascinating book tells the history of a seventeenth-century nun in a convent in Leuven and how her complaints--of sexual harassment, fears of demonic possession, alliances among the other sisters against her--led to her banishment from the convent on two occasions. Highly acclaimed when it was first published as a revealing look at female religious life in early modern Europe, the book is now available in an abridged paperbound version with a new preface by the author. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eReviews of the clothbound edition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A window to the past. . . . I loved, just loved, this book.\"--Carolyn See, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The world Mr. Harline uncovers is a fascinating one. . . . The story of Sister Margaret gives an extra dimension of humanity to a turning point in the history of ideas.\"--Sonia Gernes, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Better-than-fiction social history. . . . This is a glimpse into diaries, letters, hearts, minds, hatreds, and hopes; it will enthrall.\"--\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Harline's graceful writing allows the women and men in this religious community to breathe, gossip, pray with tears. . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Burdens of Sister Margaret \u003c\/i\u003ehelps\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eus see the familiar Reformation in a fresh way.\"--Kevin A. Miller, \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Microhistory at its best.\"--Larissa Taylor, \u003ci\u003eRenaissance Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46896502145175,"sku":"9780300081213","price":3741.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780300081213.webp?v=1770358695","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-burdens-of-sister-margaret-inside-a-seventeenth-century-convent-9780300081213","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}