Nuns faking death
2019-02-13 17:58:46.444144+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Archive shows medieval nun faked her own death to escape convent
A marginal note written in Latin and buried deep within one of the 16 heavy registers used by to record the business of the archbishops of York between 1304 and 1405 first alerted archivists to the adventures of the runaway nun. “To warn Joan of Leeds, lately nun of the house of St Clement by York, that she should return to her house,” runs the note written by archbishop William Melton and dated to 1318.
Of course maybe she was just trying to avoid getting raped by priests: Pope admits clerical abuse of nuns including sexual slavery