The trial of Joan of Arc was politically motivated, but the reason for which she was burned at the stake – the sin of assuming male garb and taking on a man’s role – was a response to the rigidly hierarchical philosophy upon which the Church’s authority rested. The power of the Catholic Church...
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Ancient Egypt was a kingdom ruled by Pharaohs – beings part divine, embodying the word of their Gods on earth, and part mortal, living the joys and sorrows of those born to human loins. In the midst of Egypt’s eighteenth ruling dynasty, Hatshepsut was born of Tuthmosis I and Ahmose. As was the custom...
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Given to female dress and mannerisms and male identified; a voracious lover of women and a priest; an actress, a gambler, a gentleman and a scoundrel; a human being living their life to the fullest. Abbe Francois Timoleon De Choisy was common by birth, lacking the ties of blood to be called noble, but...
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After Leo IV. John Anglus, a native of Metz, reigned two years, five months, and four days. And the pontificate was vacant for a month. He died in Rome. He is related to have been a female, and, when a girl, to have accompanied her sweetheart in male costume to Athens; there she advanced...
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