The Afterlife of Pope Joan : Deploying the Popess Legend in Early Modern England.

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 sh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University of Michigan Press 2010.
Temas:
Joan, > Pope (Legendary character)
Catholic Church > England > History.
Catholic Church > History.
Église catholique > Histoire.
Catholic Church
500-1500
Joan (Legendary Pope)
Church history > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Women > History > Middle Ages, 500-1500.
Popes > Legends.
Église > Histoire > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Femmes > Histoire > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Papes > Légendes.
Church history > Middle Ages
Popes
Women > Middle Ages
England
History
Legends
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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