Introduction
Part One
Chapter 1: Gendering Recogimiento in Early Modern Madrid
I. Reforming Prostitutes: Madrid’s Magdalen House
II. Reforming the Magdalen House: Madre Magdalena de San Jerónimo’s galera
III. Recogimiento as a Women’s Practice
Part Two
Chapter 2: Stage Widow in Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s La dama duende
Chapter 3: Dramatizing Women’s Community in María de Zayas’s La traición en la amistad
Chapter 4: Women’s Exemplary Violence in Luis Vélez de Guevara’s La serrana de la Vera
Conclusion
Epilogue
Appendix 1A Reason and Form of the Galera and Royal House (1608)
Appendix 1B Razón y forma de la galera y casa real (1608)
Appendix 2A Historical Compendium and Instructive Manifesto on the Origin and Foundation of the Royal House of St. Mary Magdalene of the Penitence, commonly known as the Recogidas of Madrid
Appendix 2B Compendio histórico, y manifiesto instructivo del origen, y fundación de la Real Casa de Santa María Magdalena de la Penitencia, vulgo las Recogidas de Madrid
Works Cited