TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cross,Donna Woolfolk
TI  - Pope Joan: a novel 
SN  - 0307452360
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Three Rivers Press
KW  - Joan (Legendary Pope)
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Popes
KW  - Legends
KW  - Biographical fiction
KW  - gsafd
N1  - Originally published: New York : Crown, c1996
N2  - 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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