Textual and visual sources related to the publication: Cell of one’s own. The notion of female enclosure in the teresian reform Spain

This research data set is derived from the publication: Julia Lewandowska, Cell of One’s Own’: The Notion of Female Enclosure in the Teresian Reform Spain, in: Within Walls: The Experience of Enclosure in Medieval and Early Modern Christian Female Spiritualities, Julia Lewandowska and Araceli Rosillo (eds.), Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, pp. 241-264.The data set includes transcriptions of selected source material regarding the enclosure, solitude, sacred spaces and a selection of images from the Discalced Carmelites convents that shows the aritectural specificity of the enclosed convents:Constituciones de las Carmelitas Descalzas de 1567 (completo/complete)and excerpts:Teresa de Jesús. The Interior Castle (Castillo Interior);Teresa de Jesús. Book of Foundations (Libro de Fundaciones);Teresa de Jesús. Way of Perfection (Camino de Perfección);Teresa de Jesús. Spiritual Testimonies; images:The parlour (locutorio) of the Convento de las Carmelitas Descalzas de la Encarnación (1585). Cuerva-Toledo (Spain) “Torno” (revolving turntable). Carmelitas Descalzas de San José in Sevilla First patio (patio exterior). Carmelitas Descalzas de San José in Sevilla (Spain) (f. 1575)The grille and first parlour of the Convent of Carmelitas Descalzas de la Concepción del Carmen in Valladolid (Spain) (f. 1568)Grille with nails from the Convent of the Discalced Carmelites pw. św. Teresy od Jezusa i św. Jana od Krzyża, Kraków-Wesoła (f. 1725)17th c. grille (“reja”) from the second parlour of the Convent of Carmelitas Descalzas de la Concepción del Carmen in Valladolid (Spain) (f. 1568)The dataset also includes the publication abstract (ENG) and keywords (ENG).All photos credits: Julia Lewandowska. The Mother Tongue: Textuality, Authority and Community in the Post-teresian Female Monasticism (ca.1560-1700) (no. UMO-2020/39/D/HS2/00902), National Science Centre Project.