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INVENTORY OF THE RECORDS OF THE ST MARTIN’S MONASTERY OF THE DISCALCED CARMELITE NUNS IN KRAKÓW

Summary/Abstract: The Monastery of the Discalced Carmelite nuns in Kraków on Grodzka Street was the first female foundation in Poland of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, reformed in the 16th century by St Teresa of Avila and St John of the Cross. The Discalced Carmelite nuns arrived in Kraków in 1612 and resided in their original abode until the monastery became dissolved in 1787. At that time, the documents of the monastery were transferred to the archives of the second monastery of the nuns of the same order in Kraków, that is, to the archives of the monastery of St Teresa of Jesus and St John of the Cross in the Wesoła district. The first attempt to inventory the holdings of this archive was made as early as 1961 by Professor Benignus Wanat, OCD. The creation of the nowpublished inventory was preceded by preliminary studies, focusing particularly on the order’s own regulations regarding the documentation produced and its archiving practices. The resource base of the archives of St Martin’s Monastery in Kraków consists of 190 archival units representing 12.5 linear meters of files. They are divided into 10 series reflecting the overall daily life of the community entirely devoted to asceticism and contemplation.

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