Welcome back folks - get ready to be amazed by Episode 3 of Tink's Medieval Times! The development of the eleventh century Papacy is yours to behold. Rising from lowly and somewhat embarrassing circumstances under the stewardship of teenage "party-Pope" Benedict IX, and a host of other inappropriate and inadequate pontiffs, the Papacy gets a rebrand under a host of reforming Popes. Join Leo IX, Nicholas II and the legendary Gregory VII on a journey cleaning up the Catholic Church, whilst all the while trying to lean less on the German monarchs who had helped them start the process. The showdown between Gregory and Henry IV, king of Germany, gets messy, but also sets the scene for Urban II, the Pope who called the First Crusade.

This episode finished with Urban's Council of Piacenza in 1095, where he dishes the dirt of his inveterate rival Henry. An episode not to be missed!

Episode 4 (on Clermont and the preaching of the First Crusade) will be released on Sunday 3rd September 2023.

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