121: The Firebrand & the Reluctant Wife
Fortune’s Wheel: A Podcast History of Our Medieval Story

121: The Firebrand & the Reluctant Wife

2024-03-24
SEASON 6: The Other Norman ConquestMiniseries: Pope Gregory VII & Matilda of CanossaEPISODE 121: The Firebrand & the Reluctant WifeA man who couldn’t be stopped. A woman who refused to bend. The Firebrand & the Reluctant Wife tells the origin story of two titans of 11th-century Italy: Hildebrand—soon to be Gregory VII—and young Matilda of Canossa, whose forced marriage lit a fuse that would burn across Europe. They didn’t just play the papal-imperial game—they rewrote the damn rules. Oh, and yes... Roge...
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