By force and fear taking and breaking monastic vows in early modern Europe / [electronic resource] :
Anne Jacobson Schutte.
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011.
- xii, 285 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.), maps.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Forced monachization, 1668-1793 : an overview -- Literary and historiographical contexts -- Elders and forced monachization -- Waging law in the congregation of the council -- Contracts and fear in monachization and marriage -- Witnesses to forced monachization -- Degrees of separation -- War and coerced monachization -- Continuity and change in forced monachization.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Vows--History. Profession (in religious orders, congregations, etc.)--History. Vows (Canon law) Dispensations (Canon law) Monastic and religious life--History.--Europe