HFM 070 | Marozia of Rome: The Woman who Ruled the Papacy
History in Five Minutes Podcast
English - May 19, 2014 10:25 - 6 minutes - 3.03 MB - ★★★★ - 97 ratingsCourses Education Society & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Despite what most people think about the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages, the pope wasn't all that powerful. In fact -- it was easy to manipulate him for your own ends. One such woman who did just that was Marozia of Rome: Mother to one pope, lover to another, grandmother to yet another.
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Despite what most people think about the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages, the pope wasn’t all that powerful. In fact — it was easy to manipulate him for your own ends. One such woman who did just that was Marozia of Rome: Mother to one pope, lover to another, grandmother to yet another.
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