Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: A Convent, a Bishop, and a Town; 1 Bound Together in Community: Convents and Their Patrons; 2 Blurring the Boundaries: The Significance of Convents as Estate Managers; 3 Litigious Behavior: Convents and Lawsuits; 4 A Carpenter Resisted: Convents and Late Medieval Monastic Reform; 5 Habits of Reform: Religious Women Before Trent; 6 The Cloister and the World; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index