From Bishop of Rome to the Papal Monarchy: Pope Leo IX and the Gregorian Reform
Send us Fan Mail After a summer hiatus, we are finally back with a new episode, the third in our series on the medieval papacy, “From Bishop of Rome to the Papal Monarchy.” The previous covered the te...
23 Sep 20251h 14min
Pope Boniface VIII vs King Philip the Fair: Catholicism's Medieval Meltdown (an episode from the podcast "BEEF with Bridget Todd")
Send us Fan Mail After a summer hiatus “’Tis But A Scratch: Fact & Fiction About the Middle Ages” is back—well, not actually quite yet. I am busily working on the final two episodes of our series on t...
13 Sep 202558min
Mysterious Medieval Manuscripts: Interview with Garry J. Shaw
Send us Fan Mail Now for something completely different from tracing the development of the papacy from bishop of Rome to the papal monarchy--but, don't worry, I will be completing that series soon. ...
29 Mai 20251h 10min
The medieval papal conclave: starving cardinals into consensus
Send us Fan Mail I finally saw the movie "Conclave," and really enjoyed it. As you probably know, it is about the contentious election of a pope in a conclave of the college of cardinals. The movie, h...
16 Apr 202529min
From Bishop of Rome to the Papal Monarchy, Part 2: The Early Middle Ages
Send us Fan Mail In this second episode of a three part series, my favorite cohost Ellen and I survey the development of the papacy from the eighth through the early eleventh century. Among the topics...
9 Apr 20251h 32min
From Bishop of Rome to the Papal Monarchy: the early centuries
Send us Fan Mail In this first episode of a three part series, my favorite cohost Ellen and I survey the development of the papacy over its first seven centuries. I have to confess that along the way ...
26 Mar 20251h 23min
El Cid, From History to Legend
Send us Fan Mail In this episode I interview Professor Nora Berend of the University of Cambridge about her new book El Cid; The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Mercenary (Pegasus Books, 2025). We di...
26 Feb 20251h 3min
Tne Norman Conquest (with Dr. Jennifer Paxton), part 2
Send us Fan Mail This is the second of our two part series on the Norman Conquest. In it Jenny and I discuss the military challenges faced by King Harold Godwinson and Duke William of Normandy and the...
15 Feb 20251h 1min
