{"product_id":"the-burdens-of-sister-margaret-craig-e-harline-9780300081213","title":"The Burdens of Sister Margaret: Inside a Seventeenth-Century Convent","description":"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Craig E. Harline\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300081219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300081213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.79h x 5.04w x 0.82d","brand":"Craig E. Harline","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44522243195135,"sku":"9780300081213","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7039306a-afa2-43ab-9703-8d3e7798b48f.jpg?v=1700156256","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-burdens-of-sister-margaret-craig-e-harline-9780300081213","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}