The afterlife of Pope Joan : deploying the Popess legend in early modern England /

The afterlife of Pope Joan : deploying the Popess legend in early modern England /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Rustici, Craig M., 1964-
Imprint:	Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2006.
Description:	viii, 209 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Joan, -- Pope (Legendary character) Catholic Church -- England -- History. Catholic Church. Joan (Legendary Pope) Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500. Women -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500. Popes -- Legends. Church history -- Middle Ages. Popes. Women -- Middle Ages. England. History. Legends.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6019783

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ISBN:	9780472115440 (cloth : alk. paper) 0472115448 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-197) and index.

Table of Contents:

1. Debating Joan : images, ceremony, and the gelded text
2. Comparing Joan : the whore of Babylon and the Virgin Queen
3. Diagnosing Joan : the hermaphrodite hypothesis
4. Canonizing Joan : necromancy, papacy, and the reformation of the book
5. Playing Joan : popish plots in the Theatre Royal.