'tis but a scratch: fact and fiction about the Middle Ages

Sanctity, Heresy, and Superstition: Saint Francis, the Heresiarch "Peter" Waldo, and a Holy Greyhound


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In this episode Ellen and I examine how Saint Francis became a saint and Waldo a heretic while following the same call to apostolic poverty, and why in the mid-thirteenth century it was heretical to deny that a consecrated communion wafer contains the actual body of Christ but not to venerate a dog as a saint with healing powers. Please join us!

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Intro and exit music are by Alexander Nakarada

If you have questions, feel free to contact me at [email protected]


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'tis but a scratch: fact and fiction about the Middle AgesBy Richard Abels

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