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The afterlife of Pope Joan : deploying the Popess legend in early modern England /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rustici, Craig M., 1964-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2006]
Subjects:
Joan, > Pope (Legendary character)
Church history > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Women > History > Middle Ages, 500-1500.
Popes > Legends.
Catholic Church > England > History.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Debating Joan: images, ceremony, and the gelded text
  • Comparing Joan: the whore of Babylon and the virgin queen
  • Diagnosing Joan: the hermaphrodite hypothesis
  • Canonizing Joan: necromancy, papacy, and the reformation of the book
  • Playing Joan: popish plots in the Theatre Royal.