The Myth of Pope Joan

by Alain Boureau

Book Overview

In the ninth century, a brilliant young woman named Joan disguised herself as a man so that she could follow her lover into the then-exclusively male world of scholarship. She proved so successful that she ascended the Catholic hierarchy in Rome and was eventually elected pope. Her pontificate lasted two years, until she became pregnant and died after giving birth during a public procession from the Vatican.

Or so the legend goes-a legend...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226067459
• ISBN13: 9780226067452
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"