"On'na-Kyoukou Yohan'na (jyou)" by Donna Woolfolk Cross [translated by SAKATA Yumiko]

The original title of this book is "Pope Joan" and the Japanese version is separated into two: this is the first one.

Johanna Anglicus was born on January 28 in 814 at Ingelheim. She wanted to study reading and writing and asked her brother to teach her. But in those days womens are generally not permitted to study, and her father strictly prohibited. However, she got and created some chance to learn Latin and Greeks, and she could go to a school at Dorestad, where she met a knight Gerold(?). While he was absent, Dorestad was attacked by Norman people, and she escaped with her bare life to Fulda, where she became a pastor(?) after changing her name to Johannes Anglicus...

(Finished reading on Dec.28, 2007)


c.f.
The book "Pope Joan"s page

The more detailed Japanese version of this article is here!

Japanese character(s) (kanji)
* Donna Woolfolk Cross : ドナ・Ｗ・クロス
* On'na-Kyoukou Yohan'na (jyou) : 女教皇ヨハンナ（上）