The Oldest Vocation : : Christian Motherhood in the Medieval West / / Clarissa W. Atkinson.
According to an old story, a woman concealed her sex and ruled as pope for a few years in the ninth century. Pope Joan was not betrayed by a lover or discovered by an enemy; her downfall came when she went into labor during a papal procession through the streets of Rome. From the myth of Joan to the...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press,, [2019] ©1994 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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