Schutte, Anne Jacobson.

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.


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2011.
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Vows--History.
Profession (in religious orders, congregations, etc.)--History.
Vows (Canon law)
Dispensations (Canon law)
Monastic and religious life--History.--Europe


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