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Craig Rustici - The Afterlife of Pope Joan: Deploying the Popess Legend in Early Modern England - 9780472115440 - V9780472115440
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The Afterlife of Pope Joan: Deploying the Popess Legend in Early Modern England

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Description for The Afterlife of Pope Joan: Deploying the Popess Legend in Early Modern England Hardcover. Examines the significance that sixteenth- and seventeenth-century writers gave to the legend of Pope Joan, a ninth-century woman who allegedly cross-dressed her way to the papacy and whose identity as a woman was discovered, only when she gave birth during a procession. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.

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 she gave birth during a solemn procession.

The legend concerning a popess had first taken written form in the thirteenth century and for several hundred years was more or less accepted. The Reformation, however, polarized discussions of the legend, pitting Catholics, who denied the story’s veracity, against Protestants, who suspected a cover-up and instantly cited ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472115440
SKU
V9780472115440
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About Craig Rustici
Craig M. Rustici is Associate Professor of English at Hofstra University. Visit Craig Rustici's website

Reviews for The Afterlife of Pope Joan: Deploying the Popess Legend in Early Modern England
"Rustici revists the controversy, investigating the history of gender-role anxieties." —University of Chicago Magazine
University of Chicago Magazine
"Rustici's exposition of this two-sided argument is particularly fascinating." —The Sixteenth Century Journal
The Sixteenth Century Journal
"The Afterlife of Pope Joan is to be commended as a fascinating literary study and intellectual history" —Sarah ... Read more

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