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“Pope Joan has all the elements one wants in a historical drama—love, sex, violence, duplicity, and long-buried secrets. Cross has written an engaging book.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review
In this international bestseller and basis for the 2009 movie of the same name, Donna Woolfolk Cross brings the Dark Ages to life in all their brutal splendor and shares the dramatic story of a woman
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Recorded Books
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[2014]
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English
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Madden guides listeners through the most famous and enduring narratives of medival Europe. Beginning with King Arthur, Professor Madden peels back layers of exaggeration and fiction to lay bare the historical basis for the mythological king. Madden then examines myths of the medieval church, sexual myths of the Middle Ages, and myths about Robin Hood and the Shroud of Turin, all the time imparting an understanding of just what medieval people thought...
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Martínez Roca
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2023.
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Español
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"Siglo IX, Maguncia. Hija de un predicador que llegó de Sajonia para esparcir la palabra de Dios, Juana es joven poco común. Cada día acude a la iglesia del padre Carolus, quien, a cambio de que ayude en la cocina, comparte con ella la sabirudía de los textos sagrados. Tras el asedio y asesinato del sacerdote a manos de los bábaros, es abandonada a su suerte por sus padres. Juana recurre entonces a los monjes de la abadía de Fulda, quienes,...
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