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Illustrated manuscript depicting Pope Joan with the papal tiara. Bibliothèque nationale de France, c. 1560. Depiction of "Pope John VII" in Hartmann Schedel's religious Nuremberg Chronicle, published in 1493. Pope Joan (Ioannes Anglicus, 855–857) is a legend about a woman who purportedly reigned as pope for two years during the Middle Ages. [1]
The Papess Joanne (Greek: Ἡ Πάπισσα Ἰωάννα, romanized: Hē Pápissa Iōánna) is a 1866 novel by Greek writer Emmanuel Rhoides.Published with the subtitle "medieval study", [a] the novel is an exploration of the European legend of Pope Joan, a woman who allegedly ascended the church hierarchy and reigned as pope in disguise some time in the late 9th century.
Pope Joan is a 1996 novel by American writer Donna Woolfolk Cross.It is based on the medieval legend of Pope Joan.For the most part this novel is the story of a young woman, whose desire to gain more knowledge compels her to dress up as a man, who (due to events beyond her control) eventually rises to become the pope.
The Myth of Pope Joan. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-06745-2. Stanford, Peter (1999). The Legend of Pope Joan: In Search of the Truth. Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 978-0-8050-3910-8. Venn-Lever, Barbara (2007). Tarot for the Curious Spirit: Awakening the High Priestess Within. John Hunt Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84694-003-3.
In 1866 Rhoides published his most popular work, The Papess Joanne (Ἡ Πάπισσα Ἰωάννα), an exploration of the European legend of Pope Joan, a supposed female pope who reigned some time in the late ninth century, a time of great turmoil for the papacy. He first heard about the legend in Genoa as a child and, intrigued by the story ...
Donna Woolfolk Cross. Donna Woolfolk Cross (born 1947) is an American writer and the author of the novel Pope Joan, about a female Catholic Pope from 853 to 855. She is the daughter of Dorothy Woolfolk, a pioneering woman in the American comic book industry, and of novelist William Woolfolk.
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Jean Pierier of Mailly, called Jean de Mailly, was a Dominican chronicler working in Metz in the mid-13th century. In his Latin chronicle of the Diocese of Metz, Chronica universalis Mettensis, [1] the fable of Pope Joan first appears in written form. [2]