{"product_id":"divas-in-the-convent-nuns-music-and-defiance-in-seventeenthcentury-italy-9780226535197","title":"Divas in the Convent Nuns Music and Defiance in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen eight-year-old Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (1590-1662) entered one of the preeminent convents in Bologna in 1598, she had no idea what cloistered life had in store for her. This title retells the story of Vizzana and the nuns of Santa Cristina to elucidate the role that music played in the lives of these cloistered women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Craig A. Monson, a self-proclaimed 'archive mouse,' happily scurries into this forgotten repository, retrieving tales of sororal transgressions, which range from affairs to arson.\" -New Yorker \"Nuns Behaving Badly wears its learning with a smile, but it throws a sharp light into dark Roman Catholic corners.\" -Economist \"A gem of a book.... Craig A. Monson writes with wry humour and novelist's eye for detail, but the stories he uncovers would be extraordinary even without his narrative skill.\" -Literary Review\"","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400052449623,"sku":"9780226535197","price":28.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226535197.jpg?v=1730469568","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/divas-in-the-convent-nuns-music-and-defiance-in-seventeenthcentury-italy-9780226535197","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}