Letters of the first generation of the Discalced Carmelites in France and Netherlands

The data set includes: Excerpts from selected letters by prioresses of the first female Discalced Carmelite foundations in France and the Netherlands (from 1605 onwards), chosen to illustrate the processes behind the formation of affective and spiritual communities. Quoted sources are part of the article: Lewandowska, Julia, Unión de corazones: Las comunidades afectivas de Ana de San Bartolomé y Ana de Jesús a través de las cartas, e-Humanista (Journal of Iberian Studies) 67 (2026), pp. 40-54. ISSN 1540 5877 scans of the manuscripts of the selected excerpts of the quoted letters a) fragment 1. Letter by Isabel de los Ángeles, BNE 8713 [Papeles referentes a los Carmelitas Descalzos y a Santa Teresa, copy s. XVIII]