Beyoncé once posed the question, “Who run the world?”The resounding answer was, “Girls!” At one point in history this was true for the Holy Roman Empire. Between 904AD and 964AD, the papacy was controlled by the Theophylacti family which was led by Theodora the Senatrix. This era was known as the Papal Pornocracy or The Rule of the Harlots.That’s what @coopnukem and @joelrbenner will be discussing on this episode of the Iconoblast Podcast!Join us in the live chat at 9PM CST on the Drinkin Bros History channel on YouTube to learn all about how a pope had so much sex it killed him. Audio episode is available on all your favorite podcast platforms.

 

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