num_pages: 207
description: As the controversy over women in the church continues, an author thoroughly explores the often dismissed legend of an English woman who, in the middle of the ninth century, disguised herself as a man and became Pope of the Catholic Church. Reprint.
language: English
title: The Legend of Pope Joan: In Search of the Truth
titlecomplete: The Legend of Pope Joan: In Search of the Truth
characters: Pope Joan
genres: Religion, Biography, Medieval History, European History, Womens, Medieval, Christianity, Nonfiction, History, Spirituality
ratings_count: 172
publisher: Berkley Trade