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The Burdens of Sister Margaret: Inside a Seventeenth-Century Convent

The Burdens of Sister Margaret: Inside a Seventeenth-Century Convent

Harline, Craig E.

Paperback

General Christianity

ISBN10: 0300081219
ISBN13: 9780300081213
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: Aug 1 2000
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.82 Width: 5.04 Depth: 7.79
Language: English
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 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. 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 helps us see the familiar Reformation in a fresh way.-Kevin A. Miller, Christianity Today Microhistory at its best.-Larissa Taylor, Renaissance Quarterly

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