“Seduced by Indecency”: The “Carnal Lust” and Faked Death of Joan of Leeds
When Johana de Ledes, better known as Joan of Leeds, grew tired of her life in a medieval nunnery in 1318, she did what so many of us who hate our jobs can only fantasize about: faked her own death and made a run for it. Let’s talk about the strange story of Joan of Leeds, and the some of the scandals that plagued the medieval Benedictine order.
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