Schutte, Anne Jacobson. <br/><br/>
By Force and Fear :  Taking and Breaking Monastic Vows in Early Modern Europe. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (301 pages) 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801463174 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Vows -- History.<br/>Profession (in religious orders, congregations, etc.) -- History.<br/>Vows (Canon law).<br/>Dispensations (Canon law).<br/>Monastic and religious life -- Europe -- History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX2435 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>255.0094/09032