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14th Century Europe

Cat Pierro

A medieval history podcast following Barbara Tuchman"s A Distant Mirror.

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07:57

Update

14th Century Europe ·

2025/05/14

A small episode containing a big announcement.

34:14

Inquisition, Part 8: Confession of Baruch, Once a Jew

14th Century Europe ·

2024/05/31

The Jew Baruch recounts his forced baptism at the hands of the Pastoureaux.

30:45

Inquisition, Part 7: Stop Snitching

14th Century Europe ·

2024/05/17

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 record of Bernard Clergue's trial in the Fournier Register. For some of the context, I am indebted to the incredibly detailed research of René Weis, whose book The Yellow Cross answered almost all my questions about the Fournier Register. Thank you to Professor Nancy Stork for her English

43:09

Inquisition, Part 6: Béatrice de Planissoles (continued)

14th Century Europe ·

2024/05/10

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 of the Fournier register, which you can find at the links below. Beatrice's trial: https://www.sjsu.edu/people/nancy.stork/courses/c4/s1/Beatrice_de_Planissoles Barthelemy's trial (Beatrice's most recent boyfriend): https://www.sjsu.edu/people/nancy.stork/courses/c4/s1/Barthelemy_Amilhac Grazide's

01:01:27

Inquisition, Part 5: Béatrice de Planissoles

14th Century Europe ·

2024/05/03

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 eliminate it.

18:53

Inquisition, Part 4: Ten Ruses

14th Century Europe ·

2024/04/26

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 Nicholas Eymerich by Derek Hill. Music thanks to Verbum Gloriae https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOY2Hj4AbsnEfaQDvxQvnAg "Exultemus et laetemus" - Responsorial chant for Paschaltide. "Ego sum Alpha et O" - Antiphon for Paschaltide.

29:25

Inquisition, Part 3: Detection, Interrogation,...

14th Century Europe ·

2024/04/19

Essential listening for newly hired medieval inquisitors. Music thanks to Verbum Gloriae https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOY2Hj4AbsnEfaQDvxQvnAg "Exultemus et laetemus" - Responsorial chant for Paschaltide. "Ego sum Alpha et O" - Antiphon for Paschaltide.

33:17

Inquisition, Part 2: Saint Francis of Assisi

14th Century Europe ·

2024/04/12

The church persecutes the Waldensians and Cathars but welcomes the Franciscans with open arms. Why?

29:04

Inquisition, Part 1: Cathar and Waldensian Heresies

14th Century Europe ·

2024/04/05

In this first part of a miniseries about the medieval inquisition, we learn about Cathar dualists, Waldensian lay preachers, and the vita apostolica.

22:53

Chapter 15: The Emperor in Paris

14th Century Europe ·

2024/01/19

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 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOY2Hj4AbsnEfaQDvxQvnAg "Exultemus et laetemus" - Responsorial chant for Paschaltide. "Ego sum Alpha et O" - Antiphon for Paschaltide.

44:03

Chapter 14: England's Turmoil

14th Century Europe ·

2024/01/12

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 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOY2Hj4AbsnEfaQDvxQvnAg "Exultemus et laetemus" - Responsorial chant for Paschaltide. "Ego sum Alpha et O" - Antiphon for Paschaltide.

12:57

There's No Such Thing as Transubstantiation

14th Century Europe ·

2024/01/05

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 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOY2Hj4AbsnEfaQDvxQvnAg "Exultemus et laetemus" - Responsorial chant for Paschaltide. "Ego sum Alpha et O" - Antiphon for Paschaltide.

35:56

Chapter 13: The Gügler War

14th Century Europe ·

2023/12/22

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 Empire. Please instead refer to this extremely confusing map: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Swiss_Confederacy#/media/File:Golden_Bull_of_1356.png Music thanks to Wikimedia and the Petrucci Music Library. Guillaume Tell - Overture - (Rossini, Gioacchino) Fritz Reiner (conductor) Chicago Symphony

20:15

Chapter 12: The Wheel of Fortune

14th Century Europe ·

2023/12/15

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 Paschaltide. "Ego sum Alpha et O" - Antiphon for Paschaltide.

31:02

Chapter 11: Double Allegiance

14th Century Europe ·

2023/12/08

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 Viscontis, to the Bourbons, and to the Valois: Guess I'll turn it around a few times: Music thanks to Verbum Gloriae https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOY2Hj4AbsnEfaQDvxQvnAg "Exultemus et laetemus" - Responsorial chant for Paschaltide. "Ego sum Alpha et O" - Antiphon for Paschaltide.

36:11

The Birth of Capitalism and the Triumph of the Visconti

14th Century Europe ·

2023/12/01

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 laetemus" - Responsorial chant for Paschaltide. "Ego sum Alpha et O" - Antiphon for Paschaltide.

10:36

Meat, Fish, and Gifts

14th Century Europe ·

2023/11/23

A vegetarian's worst nightmare.

41:41

Italy

14th Century Europe ·

2023/11/17

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 "Exultemus et laetemus" - Responsorial chant for Paschaltide. "Ego sum Alpha et O" - Antiphon for Paschaltide.

09:44

Landlord's Lament

14th Century Europe ·

2023/11/10

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 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOY2Hj4AbsnEfaQDvxQvnAg "Exultemus et laetemus" - Responsorial chant for Paschaltide. "Ego sum Alpha et O" - Antiphon for Paschaltide.

28:26

Chapter Ten: Bertrand du Guesclin

14th Century Europe ·

2023/10/27

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 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOY2Hj4AbsnEfaQDvxQvnAg "Exultemus et laetemus" - Responsorial chant for Paschaltide. "Ego sum Alpha et O" - Antiphon for Paschaltide.

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