Season - Episode
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Season 2 Jun 06, 2011
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2 - 1The Birth of Christ Jun 06, 2011 -
2 - 2Hitler Jun 06, 2011 -
2 - 3Marco Polo Jun 07, 2011 -
2 - 4Alexander the Great Jun 07, 2011 -
2 - 5Taj Mahal Jun 08, 2011 -
2 - 6Isaac Newton Jun 08, 2011 -
2 - 7Saladin Jun 09, 2011 -
2 - 8Captain Kidd Jun 09, 2011 -
2 - 9Pope Joan Jan 10, 2011 -
2 - 10Sitting Bull Jan 10, 2011 -
2 - 11The Virgin Queen Jun 13, 2011 -
2 - 12Zorro Jun 13, 2011 -
2 - 13Lawrence of Arabia Jun 14, 2011
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Season 1 Feb 01, 2010
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1 - 1Nostradamus Feb 01, 2010 -
1 - 2Jack the Ripper Feb 01, 2010 -
1 - 3Robin Hood Feb 02, 2010 -
1 - 4Royal Murder Feb 02, 2010 -
1 - 5Rasputin Feb 03, 2010 -
1 - 6Billy the Kid Feb 03, 2010 -
1 - 7King Arthur Feb 04, 2010 -
1 - 8Leonardo da Vinci Feb 05, 2010 -
1 - 9Abraham Lincoln Feb 08, 2010 -
1 - 10Cleopatra Feb 09, 2010 -
1 - 11Man in the Iron Mask Feb 10, 2010 -
1 - 12The Romanovs Feb 11, 2010 -
1 - 13Joan of Arc Feb 12, 2010
Overview
In Rome today is the street known as Vicus Papissa, ‘the street of the woman pope’. In that avenue is an alcove in which it is said an image of Joan once stood, in memory of the spot where she gave birth. The street runs between St Peter’s and the Lateran to the Coliseum and was part of the processional route of all popes in Rome until the 13th Century, when it was suddenly redirected away from the location of Joan’s legendary procession. Some scholars believe that the official route was changed so that the new pope wouldn’t have to pass the notorious site. No contemporary 9th century accounts of a female pope exist, but with no conclusive proof to the contrary, the possibility remains that a talented woman could have risen to become Bishop of Rome? The words of the first writer to account for Joan, Jean de Mailly, resound even more loudly today than they did centuries ago; next to his story of Joan, he wrote the words, ‘to be verified’.
Year 2011
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Popularity 0.813
Language English
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