By Force and Fear : Taking and Breaking Monastic Vows in Early Modern Europe.
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- 9780801463174
- 255.0094/09032
- BX2435
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrative Materials -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Forced Monachization, 1668-1793: An Overview -- 2. Literary and Historiographical Contexts -- 3. Elders and Forced Monachization -- 4. Waging Law in the Congregation of the Council -- 5. Contracts and Fear in Monachization and Marriage -- 6. Witnesses to Forced Monachization -- 7. Degrees of Separation -- 8. War and Coerced Monachization -- 9. Continuity and Change in Forced Monachization -- Bibliography -- Index.
Schutte's innovative book about involuntary consignment to religious houses will be of great interest to scholars of early modern Europe, especially those who work on religion, the Church, family, and gender.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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