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Author Schutte, Anne Jacobson.

Title By force and fear [electronic resource] : taking and breaking monastic vows in early modern Europe / Anne Jacobson Schutte.

Imprint Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xii, 285 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.), maps.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Vows -- History.
Profession (in religious orders, congregations, etc.) -- History.
Vows (Canon law)
Dispensations (Canon law)
Monastic and religious life -- Europe -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780801449772
9780801463174 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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