The Popecast: A History of the Papacy

• The Pope Who Put a Corpse on Trial (Stephen VI)

  Imagine: A corpse that’s nine months dead is propped on a throne in full papal vestments, and placed on trial for various alleged offenses. A teenage deacon is assigned to answer questions on its behalf. And the present pope is screaming at the body. Well that’s our pontiff for today’s episode. The man who lost his mind, his papacy, and eventually his life over a dead guy.--Where to find The Popecast: PAID SUPPORT + NEWSLETTER: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://popes.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/@therealpopecastFB / Twitter / Instagram: ⁠@thepopecast⁠EMAIL: [email protected] MERCH: https://the-popecast-store.creator-spring.com

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• When the Normans Defeated the Pope at Civitate | w/ Memory Medieval

  Special guest Michael Lentz of Memory Medieval joins the show this week to discuss the landmark Norman victory over papal forces at the Battle of Civitate in 1053. --MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE - Norman Documentary: https://youtu.be/cNzyHW6c_ME?si=xJ5KR1oAubtqquH-- [BOOK] Warrior Churchmen of Medieval England - https://amzn.to/4qMEKhP- [BOOK] The Normans: From Raiders to Kings - https://amzn.to/4oPyjbY- [BOOK] Empires of the Normans: Conquerors of Europe - https://amzn.to/4oPyCDE- [BOOK] Normans in the South - https://amzn.to/4okwO5M--Where to find Memory Medieval- SUBSTACK: substack.com/@memorymedieval - YOUTUBE: @MemoryMedieval - X/TWITTER: https://x.com/MemoryMedieval --Where to find The Popecast: PAID SUPPORT + NEWSLETTER: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://popes.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/@therealpopecastFB / Twitter / Instagram: ⁠@thepopecast⁠EMAIL: [email protected] MERCH: https://the-popecast-store.creator-spring.com

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• Charlemagne's Pope (St. Leo III)

  Our pope this week bears a familiar name to us in the present day, was one half of a powerful alliance between a pope and one of the greatest Western kings to ever live, and even had something in common with the current United States president. Stay tuned to the end to find out what it is. --Where to find The Popecast: PAID SUPPORT + NEWSLETTER: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://popes.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/@therealpopecastFB / Twitter / Instagram: ⁠@thepopecast⁠EMAIL: [email protected]

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• A Front Row Seat to the Papal Funeral and Conclave (feat. Anthony Johnson of EWTN)

  FROM THE EPISODE: - Apply to the EWTN Summer Academy- Anthony's website: https://www.anthonyspqr.com- Follow Anthony on Instagram @anthonyspqr.com--Where to find The Popecast: PAID SUPPORT + NEWSLETTER: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://popes.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/@therealpopecastFB / Twitter / Instagram: ⁠@thepopecast⁠EMAIL: [email protected]

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• Bringing Ancient Texts Back to Life (w/ Dr. D.P. Curtin, Founder of the Scriptorium Project)

  This one is easily one of the most unique topics we’ve covered on the show thus far. Our guest is Dr. D.P. Curtin, and he is the founder and editor of The Scriptorium Project, an initiative of collecting, preserving, and translating the body of surviving documents from Christian antiquity, and making them available for the wider world to read and digest for themselves. To date, the project’s releases have pulled from the Greek, Syriac, Georgian, Armenian, Nubian, Frankish, Visigothic, Punic, Nordic, German, Roman, Celtic, Ethiopian, and Coptic traditions of Christianity, and have been pulled from all sorts of local traditions and languagesFROM THE EPISODE: - Check out The Scriptorium Project: https://thescriptoriumproject.com- Order from Dr. D.P. Curtin on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3J5oPtF--Where to find The Popecast: PAID SUPPORT + NEWSLETTER: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://popes.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/@therealpopecastFB / Twitter / Instagram: ⁠@thepopecast⁠EMAIL: [email protected]

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