in addition, carvajal, and five other women lived together which would be named the society of the sovereign virgin mary our lady. women in this society would partake in a life of fervent prayer and "were committed to violent and fortunate death for the confession of the holy catholic faith". they were referred to as "soldier maidens". carvajal's society is referred to as a quasi-monastic institution in that they had similarities convents and nuns for example in women's modest dressing but differed in that women from convents often were forced by their families to enter and were not necesarilly called to serve. the women carvajal associated herself with, however, wanted to die for christ. however, anglicans such as george abbot, the archbishop of canterbury would associate her society to monasticism. which was one of the reasons for her second imprisonment in 1613.