# 458: The Tale of a Medieval Survivor w/ Sara McDougall

An episode of [Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1055044256), 9 Oct 2026, 1 h 35 min.

Audio: https://tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML5298542425.mp3

In the winter of 1472, the city of Dijon, France, became the stage for a remarkable legal drama. On the mayor’s orders, an investigator named Jaques Borestel went door-to-door questioning his neighbors about an alleged sexual assault and about the victim’s history and place in the community. At the center of Jaques’s inquiry was a woman named Jehanne, who took the unusual step of making a criminal complaint in an age when victims of sexual violence did so at their own peril. My guest is Sara McDougall, and her book Justice for Jehanne: The Tale of a Medieval Survivor follows Jaques’s investigation as he uncovers one woman’s story of resilience and survival. More about the author here: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/people/sara-mcdougall The author's publisher page: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691268910/justice-for-jehanne The author on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saramcdougall_medieval/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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