Pope Joan : a novel /
Cross, Donna Woolfolk.
Pope Joan : a novel / Donna Woolfolk Cross. - 1st Three Rivers Press ed. - New York : Three Rivers Press, c2009. - 425 p. ; 20 cm.
Originally published: New York : Crown, c1996.
Born in 9th-century Frankland, Joan demonstrates her brilliance early but must hide her learning from her missionary father, who considers the education of women sacrilegious and dangerous. Tutored first by her older brother and then a Greek scholar, Joan eventually secures a place at the schola in Dorstadt. To protect herself after a Viking raid, Joan dons her dead brother's clothing and assumes a man's identity. Suddenly the intelligence that once brought her ridicule and punishment results in respect and authority. From the monastery in Fulda to Vatican politics in Rome, Joan eventually secures the church's highest office.
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Joan (Legendary Pope)--Fiction.
Popes--Legends--Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Pope Joan : a novel / Donna Woolfolk Cross. - 1st Three Rivers Press ed. - New York : Three Rivers Press, c2009. - 425 p. ; 20 cm.
Originally published: New York : Crown, c1996.
Born in 9th-century Frankland, Joan demonstrates her brilliance early but must hide her learning from her missionary father, who considers the education of women sacrilegious and dangerous. Tutored first by her older brother and then a Greek scholar, Joan eventually secures a place at the schola in Dorstadt. To protect herself after a Viking raid, Joan dons her dead brother's clothing and assumes a man's identity. Suddenly the intelligence that once brought her ridicule and punishment results in respect and authority. From the monastery in Fulda to Vatican politics in Rome, Joan eventually secures the church's highest office.
0307452360 9780307452368
2008051919
Joan (Legendary Pope)--Fiction.
Popes--Legends--Fiction.
Biographical fiction.