Profoundly Modern?
What happened to the Guelphs and Ghibellines after Dante’s generation? The names survived for centuries, but their original meaning slowly gave way to family rivalries, oligarchic struggles, territori...
11 Sep 24min
Coming Soon - When Political Labels Become Memes
Coming this week on the History of the Papacy! You can learn more about the History of Papacy and subscribe at all these great places:email: steve@atozhistorypage.com Join Us on Patreon!https://www.pa...
9 Sep 2min
Profoundly Medieval
Pope Boniface VIII, King Philip IV of France, and Dante Alighieri all believed in Christendom, but they had radically different ideas about how spiritual and temporal power should fit together. From U...
4 Sep 46min
Coming Soon - Power in Action
Coming this week on the History of the Papacy! You can learn more about the History of Papacy and subscribe at all these great places:email: steve@atozhistorypage.com Join Us on Patreon!https://www.pa...
1 Sep 2min
Papal Vault – Earliest Popes: Diocletian’s Persecution
The Great Peace of the Church gave Christianity room to grow, but that calm shattered under Diocletian’s brutal persecution. This episode follows Popes Caius, Marcellinus, Marcellus, and Eusebius thro...
1 Sep 31min
Faith and Artificial Intelligence: The Question of Our Time
Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing work, education, medicine, creativity, and even the way podcasts like this one are produced. Steve talks with technology entrepreneur Erik Fogg about where ...
31 Aug 42min
Guido Guerra: A Hero in Dante’s Hell
Guido Guerra was one of the most respected Guelph leaders of medieval Florence: a soldier, statesman, and civic hero whom Dante himself clearly admired. So why does Dante place him deep in the Inferno...
28 Aug 29min
