2. Literary and Historiographical Contexts

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrative Materials vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Abbreviations xi
6. 1. Forced Monachization, 1668–1793: An Overview 1
7. 2. Literary and Historiographical Contexts 23
8. 3. Elders and Forced Monachization 52
9. 4. Waging Law in the Congregation of the Council 89
10. 5. Contracts and Fear in Monachization and Marriage 130
11. 6. Witnesses to Forced Monachization 159
12. 7. Degrees of Separation 187
13. 8. War and Coerced Monachization 213
14. 9. Continuity and Change in Forced Monachization 235
15. Bibliography 265
16. Index 281