Abstract
Introductory chapter of the collective monograph Marek Brčák - Jiří Wolf (edd.), Pax et bonum. Kapucíni v Čechách a na Moravě v raném novověku [PAX ET BONUM.
THE CAPUCHIN ORDER IN EARLY-MODERN BOHEMIA AND MORAVIA] describes the structure and content of the book, secondary literature, archival sources, founding of the Capuchin Order, its actvities in the Czech lands in the early modern times and the spirituality of the Capuchin Order.