Episode 87: Popes and Rome

Wittenberg to Westphalia by Benjamin Jacobs

Feb 5, 202350:19Society & Culture

You all rule, thanks so much for your patience and support. In todays episode we look at the rise of the papacy in the early middle ages and the importance of the city of Rome in that rise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

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