Guard your browsing histories, the Popes are at it again….
SOURCES & Further Reading:
“Rome: A History in Seven Sackings” by Matt Kneale
“Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy” by John Julius Norwich
“Antapodosis” by Liutprand of Cremona
A. Burt Horsley, “Pontiffs, Palaces and Pornocracy—A Godless Age,” in Peter and the Popes (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1989), 65–78.
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[TF2 Spy voice] “Indeed! And now she’s in here to f███ *us!* So listen up, boy, or pornocracy starring your Pope will be the _second_ worst thing that happens to your church today!”
Heaven forbid St Peter, a married man, ever learn what sex is
you dont by any chance plan on doing matilda of tuscanys role in the investiture controversy in one o f theese any tme soon? im sure it would be fascinating 🙂 she was a military leader for pope gegor VII, who was conservative, witch means conservative catholics had to somehow say a woman in charge was actually great ^^
New spin-off idea: History Fakers. The true stories of the people who made up fake stories about the past. Could do a really great episode on Iolo Morganwg.
1:10 Besides hurenregiment sounding Germanic, it’s probably a cognate of the English word “whore”.