The Oldest Vocation: Christian Motherhood in the Middle Ages

by Clarissa W. Atkinson

Book Overview

According to an old story, a woman concealed her sex and ruled as pope for a few years in the ninth century, but her downfall came when she went into labor in the streets of Rome. From this myth to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801420717
• ISBN13: 9780801420719
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"