Table of Contents
Introductory: the spiritual papacy and the love affairs of the Catholic clergy -- The rule of women: the pontiffs of the tenth and eleventh centuries -- The story of Pope Joan, the female pope who sat on the throne of St. Peter -- Gregory VII and his vaorite, Countess Mathilda of Tuscany -- Papcy at Avignon: Pope Clement Vi and Joanna of Naples -- Joanne of Naples, the favorite of two pontiffs -- Alexander VI and his favorites, Vanozza and Julia Farnese -- Donna Olimpia, the favourite of Pope Innocent X -- The Princess Rossano, favourite of Pope Innocent X -- The triumph and death of Donna Olimpia -- Bibliography -- Index.