Wealth and Morality in a French Convent Dupe Trade
A critical portrait of a French convent economy where wealthy patrons seek advantageous marriages for daughters. The piece describes powerful nuns guiding education for worldly aims, while high society and church authorities profit from forged alliances and moral influence, highlighting a growing, controversial wealth.
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