{"product_id":"kirk-discipline-and-roman-catholicism-ryan-burns-9781399552370","title":"Kirk Discipline and Roman Catholicism in Early Modern Scotland","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book analyses the Scottish kirk's use of public shame to persecute the kingdom's Catholic minority. In early modern Scotland, where the national church mandated that a specially constructed stool of repentance be placed directly in front of every minister's pulpit, the dreadful spectacle of public penance was a routine feature of parish life. The book examines this process of ritualised shame. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on recent advances in the study of kirk discipline, underground Catholicism and the history of emotion, it unsettles understandings of religious persecution. Ryan Burns analyses the psychological pressure inflicted on religious dissidents, some of whom attempted suicide rather than submit to the repentance stool. The book examines the spectacle of public penance, as well as the Presbyterian kirk's often creative means of inducing humiliation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ryan Burns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1399552376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399552370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Ryan Burns","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47520378814719,"sku":"9781399552370","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_abfa142b-1e62-4f60-98cd-2232e5c2ba95.jpg?v=1762885197","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kirk-discipline-and-roman-catholicism-ryan-burns-9781399552370","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}