The Oldest Vocation: Christian Motherhood in the Medieval West by Clarissa W. Atkinson

The Oldest Vocation: Christian Motherhood in the Medieval West

Clarissa W. Atkinson

294 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction gender history religion challenging informative medium-paced
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According to an old story, a woman concealed her sex and ruled as pope for a few years in the ninth century. Pope Joan was not betrayed by a lover or discovered by an enemy; her downfall came when she went into labor during a papal procession thro...

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