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Pope Joan

Author : Donna Woolfolk Cross
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307453197
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Pope Joan written by Donna Woolfolk Cross and published by Crown. This book was released on 2009-06-09 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Pope Joan has all the elements one wants in a historical drama—love, sex, violence, duplicity, and long-buried secrets. Cross has written an engaging book.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review In this international bestseller and basis for the 2009 movie of the same name, Donna Woolfolk Cross brings the Dark Ages to life in all their brutal splendor and shares the dramatic story of a woman whose strength of vision led her to defy the social restrictions of her day. For a thousand years her existence has been denied. She is the legend that will not die—Pope Joan, the ninth-century woman who disguised herself as a man and rose to become the only female ever to sit on the throne of St. Peter. Now in this riveting novel, Cross paints a sweeping portrait of an unforgettable heroine who struggles against restrictions her soul cannot accept. Brilliant and talented, young Joan rebels against medieval social strictures forbidding women to learn. When her brother is brutally killed during a Viking attack, Joan takes up his cloak—and his identity—and enters the monastery of Fulda. As Brother John Anglicus, Joan distinguishes herself as a great scholar and healer. Eventually, she is drawn to Rome, where she becomes enmeshed in a dangerous web of love, passion, and politics. Triumphing over appalling odds, she finally attains the highest office in Christendom—wielding a power greater than any woman before or since. But such power always comes at a price . . . “Brings the savage ninth century vividly to life in all its alien richness. An enthralling, scholarly historical novel.”—Rebecca Fraser, author of The Brontës

The Female Pope

Author : Rosemary Anne Pardoe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Female Pope written by Rosemary Anne Pardoe and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Myth of Pope Joan

Author : Alain Boureau
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Myth of Pope Joan written by Alain Boureau and published by . This book was released on 2001-05 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 that was fabricated sometime in the thirteenth century, according to Alain Boureau, and which has persisted in one form or another down to the present day. In this fascinating saga of belief and rhetoric, politics and religion, Boureau investigates the historical and ecclesiastical circumstances under which the myth of Pope Joan was constructed and the different uses to which it was put over the centuries. He shows, for instance, how Catholic clerics justified the exclusion of women from the papacy and the priesthood by employing the myth in misogynist moral tales, only to find the popess they had created turned against them in anti-Catholic propaganda during the Reformation.

The She-Pope

Author : Peter Stanford
Publisher : Random House (UK)
ISBN 13 : 9780749320676
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book The She-Pope written by Peter Stanford and published by Random House (UK). This book was released on 1999 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE ENGLISH WOMAN WHO FOOLED THE VATICAN. The legend of Pope Joan - the woman who, dressed as a man, headed the Catholic church in the early ninth century - has always been a subject of fascinated speculation but rarely, until now, the subject of serious research. As the future over women in the catholic priesthood continues, and the Church, which once took her story as gospel, now tries to play down the rumours, it is time for a reappraisal. Here Peter Stanford, author of The Devil- A Biography, reveals what can, and cannot, be known of this incredible story, and of the extraordinary woman behind it. In this fascinating account, ranging from secret histories to conspiracy theories, medieval carvings to tarot cards, women priests to cross-dressing clerics, and from romantic fiction to hard facts, he delivers a major study of historical detective work.

Pope John Paul II on the Genius of Women

Author : Pope John Paul II
Publisher : USCCB Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781574551136
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Pope John Paul II on the Genius of Women written by Pope John Paul II and published by USCCB Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compendium includes major statements from Pope John Paul II to and about women. A bibliography is included.

Holy Women

Author : Pope Benedict XVI
Publisher : Our Sunday Visitor
ISBN 13 : 1639660976
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Holy Women written by Pope Benedict XVI and published by Our Sunday Visitor. This book was released on 2022-12-15 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the earliest days of the Church through modern times, women have always played a unique and critical role in the story of Christianity. Jesus Christ called both men and women to be his disciples, and countless women in Church history have stood out for the holiness of their lives and the wealth of their teaching. In each chapter, derived from catechesis given during his weekly general audiences from September 2010 to April 2011, Pope Benedict XVI expertly and thoughtfully explores the life stories and writings of these seventeen holy women: Saint Hildegard of Bingen Saint Clare of Assisi Saint Matilda of Hackeborn Saint Gertrude the Great Blessed Angela of Foligno Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Saint Bridget of Sweden Marguerite d'Oingt Saint Juliana of Cornillon Saint Catherine of Siena Julian of Norwich Saint Veronica Giuliani Saint Catherine of Bologna Saint Catherine of Genoa Saint Joan of Arc Saint Teresa of Ávila Saint Thérèse of Lisieux The remarkable examples of the feminine genius in Holy Women are still relevant today. These models of prayer, faith, and good works will help you gain a fuller understanding of Church history and serve as guides on your faith journey.

The Afterlife of Pope Joan

Author : Craig Rustici
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472024698
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book The Afterlife of Pope Joan written by Craig Rustici and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amid the religious tumult of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, English scholars, preachers, and dramatists examined, debated, and refashioned tales concerning Pope Joan, a ninth-century woman who, as legend has it, cross-dressed her way to the papacy only to have her imposture exposed when she gave birth during a solemn procession. The legend concerning a popess had first taken written form in the thirteenth century and for several hundred years was more or less accepted. The Reformation, however, polarized discussions of the legend, pitting Catholics, who denied the story’s veracity, against Protestants, who suspected a cover-up and instantly cited Joan as evidence of papal depravity. In this heated environment, writers reimagined Joan variously as a sorceress, a hermaphrodite, and even a noteworthy author. The Afterlife of Pope Joan examines sixteenth- and seventeenth-century debates concerning the popess’s existence, uncovering the disputants’ historiographic methods, rules of evidence, rhetorical devices, and assumptions concerning what is probable and possible for women and transvestites. Author Craig Rustici then investigates the cultural significance of a series of notions advanced in those debates: the claim that Queen Elizabeth I was a popess in her own right, the charge that Joan penned a book of sorcery, and the curious hypothesis that the popess was not a disguised woman at all but rather a man who experienced a sort of spontaneous sex change. The Afterlife of Pope Joan draws upon the discourses of religion, politics, natural philosophy, and imaginative literature, demonstrating how the popess functioned as a powerful rhetorical instrument and revealing anxieties and ambivalences about gender roles that persist even today. Craig M. Rustici is Associate Professor of English at Hofstra University.

The Legend of Pope Joan

Author : Peter Stanford
Publisher : Berkley Trade
ISBN 13 : 9780425173473
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (734 download)

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Download or read book The Legend of Pope Joan written by Peter Stanford and published by Berkley Trade. This book was released on 2000-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The controversial legend of Pope Joan--an Englishwoman who disguised herself as a man and became a pope in the ninth century--is the subject of this in-depth investigation into the truth behind one of the Catholic Church's most intriguing mysteries.

A present for a papist: or, The history of the life of pope Joan [taken mainly from A. Cooke's Pope Joane].

Author : Alexander Cooke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book A present for a papist: or, The history of the life of pope Joan [taken mainly from A. Cooke's Pope Joane]. written by Alexander Cooke and published by . This book was released on 1740 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mistress of the Vatican

Author : Eleanor Herman
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 006182741X
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book Mistress of the Vatican written by Eleanor Herman and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleanor Herman, the talented author of the New York Times bestselling Sex with Kings and Sex with the Queen goes behind the sacred doors of the Catholic Church in Mistress of the Vatican, a scintillating biography of a powerful yet little-known woman whose remarkable story is ripe with secrets, sex, passion, and ambition. For almost four centuries this astonishing story of a woman’s absolute power over the Vatican has been successfully buried—until now.

A Short Account of the Female Pope, Commonly Called Pope Joan

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book A Short Account of the Female Pope, Commonly Called Pope Joan written by and published by . This book was released on 1823 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sex Lives of the Popes

Author : Nigel Cawthorne
Publisher : Trafalgar Square Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sex Lives of the Popes written by Nigel Cawthorne and published by Trafalgar Square Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An irreverent expose of the Bishops of Rome from St. Peter to the present day.

Pope Annalisa

Author : Peter Canova
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780982181300
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (813 download)

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Download or read book Pope Annalisa written by Peter Canova and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What forces were at work when the unthinkable became reality and an African nun was elected the first female pope? Amid conflicting prophecies of destruction and renewal she came. She is a healer, a miracle worker, a captivator of men’s souls. But when demonic-looking symbols begin appearing around the Vatican upon her arrival, were her enemies correct about her being the prophesied figure that would destroy the church and lead the world order to ruin? As the world nears nuclear holocaust, four people must race against time to learn her secret. As sinister hidden forces from within her own church and terrorism from without rear their heads, one thing becomes crystal clear—Pope Annalisa is at the very center of all the deadly plots within plots in a world where nothing is as it seems. And though it was a miracle for a woman to become pope, it will be a far greater miracle if she survives.

The Lives of the Popes

Author : 1421-1481 Platina
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781341787614
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (876 download)

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Download or read book The Lives of the Popes written by 1421-1481 Platina and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-09-06 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Popes and Feminsts

Author : Elise Crapuchettes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781947644052
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Popes and Feminsts written by Elise Crapuchettes and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Before the Reformation, in the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church, being a wife or mother was not a holy vocation. The only "spiritual" calling for women was to be found in a convent. The Reformers confronted the bad theology which led to this (and other worse abuses, like priest-patronized brothels) and returned to the Bible to develop a theology of vocation that began to free Christians to be "holy" no matter their occupation. But today, modern feminist claims about vocation have more in common with the pre-Reformation popes than anything else -- except feminists have replaced the nunnery with the hallowed corporate workplace. Christian women wondering about their place in society and comparing feminism with the Bible should start with the teaching of the Reformers and the lives of many exceptional women of the Reformation. Part history and part contemporary reflection, Popes and Feminists argues that women today have some of the same choices facing them as women in the sixteenth century. In this fascinating study, Elise Crapuchettes shows how the Reformation changed the lives of Christian women as it turned them away from trying to earn their salvation and toward a joyful, liberating view of vocation and work"--Page 4 of cover.

The Popes

Author : John Julius Norwich
Publisher : Arrow
ISBN 13 : 9780099565871
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (658 download)

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Download or read book The Popes written by John Julius Norwich and published by Arrow. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Julius Norwich examines the oldest continuing institution in the world, tracing the papal line down the centuries from St Peter (traditionally - but by no means historically - the first Pope) to the present. Of the 280-odd holders of the supreme office, some have unquestionably been saints; others have wallowed in unspeakable iniquity. One was said to have been a woman, her sex being revealed only when she improvidently gave birth to a baby during a papal procession. Almost as shocking was Formosus whose murdered corpse was exhumed, clothed in pontifical vestments, propped up on a throne and subjected to trial; or John XII, of whom Gibbon wrote 'his rapes of virgins and widows had deterred the female pilgrims from visiting the shrine of St Peter'. John Julius Norwich brings the story up to date with lively investigations into the anti-semitism of the contemptible Pius XII, the possible murder of John Paul I and the phenomenon of the Polish John Paul II. From the glories of Byzantium to the decay of Rome, from the Albigensian Heresy to controversy within the Church today, "The Popes" is superbly written, witty and revealing.

Pope Joan (the Female Pope)

Author : Emmanouēl D. Rhoidēs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pope Joan (the Female Pope) written by Emmanouēl D. Rhoidēs and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: