The Burdens of Sister Margaret: Inside a Seventeenth-Century Convent; Abridged Edition
Craig Harline
Based 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 complaintsof sexual harassment, fears of demonic possession, alliances among the other sisters against herled 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.
Reviews of the clothbound edition:
A window to the past. . . . I loved, just loved, this book.”Carolyn See, Washington Post
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, Wall Street Journal
Better-than-fiction social history. . . . This is a glimpse into diaries, letters, hearts, minds, hatreds, and hopes; it will enthrall.”Christian Century
Harline’s graceful writing allows the women and men in this religious community to breathe, gossip, pray with tears. . . . The Burdens of Sister Margaret helpsus see the familiar Reformation in a fresh way.”Kevin A. Miller, Christianity Today
Microhistory at its best.”Larissa Taylor, Renaissance Quarterly
Reviews of the clothbound edition:
A window to the past. . . . I loved, just loved, this book.”Carolyn See, Washington Post
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, Wall Street Journal
Better-than-fiction social history. . . . This is a glimpse into diaries, letters, hearts, minds, hatreds, and hopes; it will enthrall.”Christian Century
Harline’s graceful writing allows the women and men in this religious community to breathe, gossip, pray with tears. . . . The Burdens of Sister Margaret helpsus see the familiar Reformation in a fresh way.”Kevin A. Miller, Christianity Today
Microhistory at its best.”Larissa Taylor, Renaissance Quarterly
Año:
2008
Editorial:
Yale University Press
Idioma:
english
Páginas:
288
ISBN 10:
0300143702
ISBN 13:
9780300143706
Archivo:
PDF, 11.11 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2008