For all of the middle ages, almost everybody believed that earlier in church history, there had been a pope who was, instead of being male, a woman, who met, alas, a Bad End. She wasn’t there, as some people suspected then, and as we know now, but the story is so damn good it’s hard to let go of. Whichever version of the story you’re dealing with. Anne explains the different versions of Pope Joan and how we know she wasn’t there, and Michelle is delighted by the vast amount of popular works telling her story. Musicals! No kidding! And too many novels to list.
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I downloaded and enjoyed this episode of your splendid podcast a few days after it was posted – from this website. Subsequently I noticed that it hasn’t been added to major podcast hosts (e.g.; Apple). If that was a deliberate decision I apologize for wasting your time.
I just found that! What had happened was that I had not actually caused the podcast to go live, so the only way to get to it was through the True Crime Medieval website. But. Now all is well. And you totally did not waste any time of ours! Thank you.