Today we bring you the tale of a medieval shero: Sister Joan of Leeds, who faked her death to escape a convent for a…
Kelly Faircloth
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Senior Editor at Jezebel, specializing in books, royals, romance novels, houses, history, and the stories we tell about domesticity and femininity. Resident Windsor expert.
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