Episode 458: The Black Death Part III - The Horny Popes

This week, we continue our five-part series on the Black Death.
In Part Three, we take a closer look at the Catholic Church's
system of selling indulgences; we learn how one horny pope moved
the papacy to Avignon; we examine the virulent antisemitism that
engulfed so much of plague-stricken Europe; and we recount the
tale of the curse of Grand Master de Molay.


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