Author: MORRIS, JOAN.
Title: Against Nature and God. The History of Women with the Jurisdiction of Bishops.
Description: London: Mowbrays, 1973. 0264661486. 1st edition. "Joan Morris has uncovered much fascinating information about the 'hidden history' of abesses with quasi-episcopal powers and their battle to retain them. The battle lasted from the seventh century until Pope Pius IX finally suppressed the jurisdiction of the abbesses of Las Heulgas de Burgos late in the nineteenth century." Pp.xii/192. Blue cloth, dustwrapper sunned to spine and top edge. VG/G+.

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