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1. Introduction

   Historiography of Women's Monasticism in Europe and Latin America

2. From Women's Missions to Women's Convents, 1528-1547

3. Sanctifying the City: Elite Anxiety, Urban Government, and Women's Institutions, 1548-1582

4. "So That They Might Not Be Lost": Three Recogimientos, 1548-1582

5. "This Kingdom's Need for Monasteries": Three Convents, 1569-1580

6. The Elite Imperative, 1585-1601

7. Convents and Conflict: Jurisdiction and Urban Space

8. Material Conditions

9. Religious Careers

   Epilogue

   Bibliography

   Glossary