by Alain Boureau · Edaf · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788476403532
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«La Papisa Juana» is the historical essay by Alain Boureau, published by Edaf in paperback (398 pages, in Spanish).
The work reconstructs the legend of Juana, the woman who supposedly occupied the papal throne in the Middle Ages disguised as a man. Boureau starts from the proven non-existence of the papess to trace the origin of the fable, its spread across Europe for centuries, and its use in religious controversies and in the debate on the role of women in the Church.
It belongs to the collection «Grandes hechos de la Historia». Translation by Guadalupe Rubio de Urquía. Original work: «La Papesse Jeanne» (1988).
For readers of medieval and religious history interested in the origin of legends about the papacy and the role of women in the Church.
