Telling li(v)es: women and autobiography -- Court and convent: Leonor Lopez de Cordoba and Sor Teresa de Cartagena -- Carmelite and Cloister: Santa Teresa de Jesus -- In the footsteps of Santa Teresa: Carmelite nuns and the reform(er) -- Soldier in New Spain: Catalina de Erauso -- Defending her life: Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz.