Medieval Church and State, and the nun who faked her own death

In the high summer of 1318, a nun of the priory of St Clement near York – Joan of Leeds – staged a daring escape from her convent. She left behind a life of poverty, self-denial, chastity and obedience to the Rule of St Benedict, to which she had apparently struggled to conform. Joan feigned a serious […] https://ift.tt/2DVwF3P Paul Dryburgh February 20, 2019 at 04:45AM