Tag Archives: Medieval Period

Interview — 040: Phillip Campbell on the Nitty Gritty of the Middle Ages, part 2

Download       Play in New Window Phillip Campbell joins us for part 2 of our conversation exploring the nitty gritty of the Middle Ages. In this conversation we will discuss lay control of the Church, Episcopal absenteeism, the failure of the two-sword theory; tournaments, jousts, trial by ordeal, whether peasants actually liked the days off as […]

Interview 039—Phillip Campbell on the Nitty Gritty of the Middle Ages, and why most people will hate it

Download        Play in New Window Today, Phillip Campbell (aka Boniface) of Unam Sanctam Catholicam joins us to talk about the history of the Middle Ages, and why most people, traditional Catholics in particular, who have romantic notions of medieval life, would positively hate it. Not to dissuade one from study or admiring the Middle Ages, […]

Interview 025 — Pope Boniface VIII and the decline of the medieval Papacy

Download [Right Click]       Play in New Window Today Boniface of Unam Sanctam Catholicam rejoins us to talk about his blogger namesake, Pope Boniface VIII, his life and how politically he ushered in the end of the Medieval Papacy and the prestige it enjoyed from great Popes like Innocent III an Gregory VII, and more to […]

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