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Inquisition, Part 8: Confession of Baruch, Once a Jew
The Jew Baruch recounts his forced baptism at the hands of the Pastoureaux.
Inquisition, Part 7: Stop Snitching
This is the epilogue to the episodes about Béatrice de Planissoles, in which she and other friends of ours return to denounce the archvillain--or hero?--Bernard Clergue. The material comes from the…
Inquisition, Part 6: Béatrice de Planissoles (continued)
Béatrice de Planissoles continues to tell Bishop Jacques Fournier about her history with heresy, sorcery, sex, drugs, etc. Thank you to Professor Nancy Stork for her English translations of parts…
Inquisition, Part 5: Béatrice de Planissoles
We look at the record of one woman's inquisition and use at as a lens to consider Montaillou, a small village that remained a bastion of Cathar heresy a century after the Albigensian crusade tried to…
Inquisition, Part 4: Ten Ruses
Ten Inquisitors' Ruses against the Tricks and Deceits of Heretics, from Nicholas Eymerich's Directorium Inquisitorum. Source: Inquisition in the Fourteenth Century: the Manuals of Bernard Gui and…
Inquisition, Part 3: Detection, Interrogation, Sentencing
Essential listening for newly hired medieval inquisitors. Music thanks to Verbum Gloriae https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOY2Hj4AbsnEfaQDvxQvnAg "Exultemus et laetemus" - Responsorial chant for…
Inquisition, Part 2: Saint Francis of Assisi
The church persecutes the Waldensians and Cathars but welcomes the Franciscans with open arms. Why?
Inquisition, Part 1: Cathar and Waldensian Heresies
In this first part of a miniseries about the medieval inquisition, we learn about Cathar dualists, Waldensian lay preachers, and the vita apostolica.
Chapter 15: The Emperor in Paris
The Holy Roman Emperor's dying wish was to visit the King of France. Also, we explore the tradition of drama that evolved from the Mysteries and Miracle Plays. Music thanks to Verbum Gloriae …
Chapter 14: England's Turmoil
It's 1376-77. The Commons makes a splash in England's Parliament, King Edward III dies, and we trace the development of proto-nationalism in France and England. Music thanks to Verbum Gloriae …
There's No Such Thing as Transubstantiation
Oxford preacher and theologian John Wyclif denies that we chew on the body of Christ, and insodoing does away with the priesthood and the papacy. Music thanks to Verbum Gloriae …
Chapter 13: The Gügler War
Enguerrand de Coucy VII goes off to show the Habsburgs what's what, but gets shown what's what by the Swiss instead. I will, ahem, not be taking any questions about the geography of the Holy Roman…
Chapter 12: The Wheel of Fortune
How the French manage to turn the war around in 1369-1375. Music thanks to Verbum Gloriae https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOY2Hj4AbsnEfaQDvxQvnAg "Exultemus et laetemus" - Responsorial chant for…
Chapter 11: Double Allegiance
Enguerrand is caught on the prongs of a forked allegience, and two popes make the attempt to return to Rome. Here's a family tree that shows how the Green Count is connected to Enguerrand, to the…
The Birth of Capitalism and the Triumph of the Visconti
Let's dive deep into the four Northern Italian city-states that made all this possible. Music thanks to Verbum Gloriae https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOY2Hj4AbsnEfaQDvxQvnAg "Exultemus et…
Meat, Fish, and Gifts
A vegetarian's worst nightmare.
Italy
This episode summarizes the book Italy in the Time of Dante and Petrarch, 1216-1380 by John Larner. Music thanks to Verbum Gloriae https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOY2Hj4AbsnEfaQDvxQvnAg …
Landlord's Lament
We turn our attention to Italy, where someone hasn't been keeping the farm nice and tidy like he was supposed to. Music thanks to Verbum Gloriae …
Chapter Ten: Bertrand du Guesclin
Du Gueslin had two claims to fame: he was the best French military commander, and he was the ugliest man from Rennes to Dinant! Music thanks to Verbum Gloriae …
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