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Joan of Leeds or Johannas de Ledes (fl. early 14th century) was an English nun, who, bored with her monastic and enclosed life, at some point in 1318 escaped from St Clement's by York priory to journey to Beverley, where she was accused of living with a man. To escape, she feigned mortal illness and constructed a dummy of herself, which her colleagues buried in holy ground. When the Archbishop of York, William Melton, heard of this, he wrote to the religious authorities in Beverley expounding upon Joan's faults and instructing that she be returned forthwith to St Clement's. It is not recorded whether she ever did return, and all that is known of her life and career come from three letters found in Melton's archepiscopal cartulary.

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  • Joan of Leeds or Johannas de Ledes (fl. early 14th century) was an English nun, who, bored with her monastic and enclosed life, at some point in 1318 escaped from St Clement's by York priory to journey to Beverley, where she was accused of living with a man. To escape, she feigned mortal illness and constructed a dummy of herself, which her colleagues buried in holy ground. When the Archbishop of York, William Melton, heard of this, he wrote to the religious authorities in Beverley expounding upon Joan's faults and instructing that she be returned forthwith to St Clement's. It is not recorded whether she ever did return, and all that is known of her life and career come from three letters found in Melton's archepiscopal cartulary. (en)
  • Joan de Leeds o Johannas de Ledes (principios del siglo XIV) fue una monja inglesa que, aburrida de su vida monástica y de clausura, en algún momento de 1318 escapó del priorato de San Clemente de York para viajar a Beverley, donde fue acusada de vivir con un hombre. Para escapar, fingió una enfermedad mortal y construyó un muñeco de sí misma, que sus colegas enterraron en tierra sagrada. Cuando el arzobispo de York, Guillermo de Melton, se enteró de esto, escribió a las autoridades religiosas de Beverley explicando las faltas de Juana e instruyendo que la devolvieran inmediatamente a San Clemente. No se registra si alguna vez regresó, y todo lo que se sabe de su vida y carrera proviene de tres cartas que se encuentran en el cartulario arzobispal de Melton. (es)
  • Joan de Leeds (anglais: Joan of Leeds) est une moniale anglaise du XIVe siècle. Elle appartenait à l'abbaye bénédictine de Saint-Clément à York, Angleterre. En 1318, elle s'est enfuie de l'abbaye après avoir simulé sa mort. L'archevêque d'York, William Melton, demanda le retour de Joan à l'abbaye, mais on ne sait pas si elle y est retournée. (fr)
  • Joana de Leeds (Grã-Bretanha, século XIV) foi uma freira inglesa que, em algum ponto de 1318, fingiu sua própria morte e fugiu do convento de St. Clement, em York. Ela teria ido para Beverley, onde passou a viver com um homem. Para poder fugir sem levantar suspeitas, Joana fingiu ter uma doença fatal e montou um boneco de si mesma, que suas colegas sepultaram em solo sagrado. Quando o arcebispo de York, , soube do esquema da freira, ele escreveu às autoridades religiosas de Beverley, explicando a armação de Joana, exigindo que ela fosse devolvida imediatamente ao convento de St. Clement. Não há registros de seu retorno ou de ações posteriores do arcebispo. (pt)
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  • Tired of life within the walls of her convent, one nun did what anyone disillusioned with her job would do: she faked her death, make a life-like effigy to be buried in her place, and fled to live a life of carnal lust. (en)
  • Often it is to do with not wanting to be celibate and leaving the religious house—this applies to men as well as women—in order to have a relationship and get married...many of the people would have been committed to a religious house when they were in their teens, and then they didn't all take to the religious life. (en)
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  • Out of a malicious mind simulating a bodily illness, she pretended to be dead, not dreading for the health of her soul, and with the help of numerous of her accomplices, evildoers, with malice aforethought, crafted a dummy in the likeness of her body... [she had] no shame in procuring its burial in a sacred space...She perverted her path of life arrogantly to the way of carnal lust and away from poverty and obedience. Having broken her vows and discarded the religious habit, she now wanders at large to the notorious peril to her soul and to the scandal of all of her order". (en)
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  • Joan of Leeds or Johannas de Ledes (fl. early 14th century) was an English nun, who, bored with her monastic and enclosed life, at some point in 1318 escaped from St Clement's by York priory to journey to Beverley, where she was accused of living with a man. To escape, she feigned mortal illness and constructed a dummy of herself, which her colleagues buried in holy ground. When the Archbishop of York, William Melton, heard of this, he wrote to the religious authorities in Beverley expounding upon Joan's faults and instructing that she be returned forthwith to St Clement's. It is not recorded whether she ever did return, and all that is known of her life and career come from three letters found in Melton's archepiscopal cartulary. (en)
  • Joan de Leeds o Johannas de Ledes (principios del siglo XIV) fue una monja inglesa que, aburrida de su vida monástica y de clausura, en algún momento de 1318 escapó del priorato de San Clemente de York para viajar a Beverley, donde fue acusada de vivir con un hombre. Para escapar, fingió una enfermedad mortal y construyó un muñeco de sí misma, que sus colegas enterraron en tierra sagrada. Cuando el arzobispo de York, Guillermo de Melton, se enteró de esto, escribió a las autoridades religiosas de Beverley explicando las faltas de Juana e instruyendo que la devolvieran inmediatamente a San Clemente. No se registra si alguna vez regresó, y todo lo que se sabe de su vida y carrera proviene de tres cartas que se encuentran en el cartulario arzobispal de Melton. (es)
  • Joan de Leeds (anglais: Joan of Leeds) est une moniale anglaise du XIVe siècle. Elle appartenait à l'abbaye bénédictine de Saint-Clément à York, Angleterre. En 1318, elle s'est enfuie de l'abbaye après avoir simulé sa mort. L'archevêque d'York, William Melton, demanda le retour de Joan à l'abbaye, mais on ne sait pas si elle y est retournée. (fr)
  • Joana de Leeds (Grã-Bretanha, século XIV) foi uma freira inglesa que, em algum ponto de 1318, fingiu sua própria morte e fugiu do convento de St. Clement, em York. Ela teria ido para Beverley, onde passou a viver com um homem. (pt)
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