[YouTube Drop] The Nun Who Faked Her Own Death

In 1318, a Yorkshire nun named Joan of Leeds faked her own death to
escape convent life, crafting a dummy, staging a burial, and
vanishing into the wider world. Her story survives only in a
scathing letter from Archbishop William Melton, recently translated
by historians at the University of York. This minicast explores
Joan’s daring plan, why medieval women entered convents, and what
her brief rebellion reveals about life, faith, and freedom in
14th-century England.

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