I read a historical novel once that had one character who was SA’d as a young girl and decided to become an anchorite both in penitence and self-protection - if you’re literally walled into a tiny room in a church then no one can get to you. Obviously that was all speculation, but I wonder how common it was?
kellyasksthings t1_j8yilbf wrote
Reply to Religious Hermit Found Buried in The Fetal Position. The woman buried was living with septic arthritis and also advanced venereal syphilis. This would have meant she lived with severe, visible symptoms of infection affecting her entire body, and later on, neurological and mental health decline by Wagamaga
I read a historical novel once that had one character who was SA’d as a young girl and decided to become an anchorite both in penitence and self-protection - if you’re literally walled into a tiny room in a church then no one can get to you. Obviously that was all speculation, but I wonder how common it was?