SEASON 6: The Other Norman Conquest

Miniseries: Pope Gregory VII & Matilda of Canossa

EPISODE 125: False Monk

They called him a false monk—and that was putting it mildly. In the wake of Gregory VII’s Dictatus Papae, the gloves come off: excommunications fly, thrones wobble, and tempers turn deadly. King Henry IV’s furious letter labels the pope a fraud, and the showdown between crown and crosier officially kicks off. Assassinations, depositions, holy drama? Oh my.

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