Printed Publications
Legendary theory proponents
Blondel, David. 1657. De Joanna Papissa. Amsterdam.
Von Döllinger, Ignaz. 1863. Die Papst-Fabeln Des Mittelalters. Mün: Gothaische Buchhandlung. Digitised version
Kerner, Max, und Klaus Hebers. 2010. Die Päpstin Johanna. Biographie Einer Legende. Köln, Weimar, Wien: Böhlau Verlag.
Proponents of the theory that Popess Joan was a real person
Chronicle of Hartmann Schedel
Spanheim, Friedrich. 1736. Histoire de La Papesse Jeanne. Troisième. Den Haag. Digitalised version.
Morris, Joan. 1985. Pope John VIII, an English Woman, Alias Pope Joan. London.
The book appeared 1985 in a small private edition and is rare to find. Only a few have the chance to read it.
Longer Summary of the contents with the most important quotations in the English edition of Popess Johanna:
Habicht, Michael E., and Marguerite Spycher. 2018. Pope Joan [2nd Ed.]: The Covered-up Pontificate of a Woman or a Fictional Legend? 2nd ed. Berlin: epubli. Amazon.
Gössmann, Elisabeth. 1994. Mulier papa, der Skandal eines weiblichen Papstes. Zur Rezeptionsgeschichte der Gestalt der Päpstin Johanna. Iudicium-Verlag, München.
Very important book with excellent source texts and information. Less suitable as a book for beginners, you have to be familiar with the topic before you can understand this scientific work.
Ratto, Pietro. 2004. La pagine strappate [The pulled out pages].
The book is currently only available in Italian. It describes the manipulations of the pontificate dates in the course of the Counter-Reformation. Summary in Italian
Ratto, Pietro. Enlarged Edition 2019. Le pagine strappate. I trucchi della Chiesa rinascimentale per rimuovere la vicenda storica della Papessa Giovanna
[New subtitle: The tricks of the Renaissance Church to remove the historical story of Pope Joan].
Stanford, Peter. 2009. The She Pope: A Quest for the Truth Behind The Mystery of Pope Joan Published in London by Heinemann in April 1998 and in New York as The Legend of Pope Joan by Henry Holt in October 1998
The book is easily available in different languages and editions. It is the ideal book to get into the topic of Popess Johanna.
Habicht, Michael E. 2018. Pope Jaon. The covered-up pontificate of a woman or a fictional legend? 1st ed. Berlin: epubli. Bestellungen.
Habicht, Michael E. 2018. The Coins of the Popess. Summary in Englisch.
Habicht, Michael E., and Ratto Pietro. 2018. Le Monete Della Papessa. Summary in Italian.