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

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