Latest / Child Kings of History
The parish of Bishopwearmouth funded a papal throne - and cost him Rome
A noble-born churchman who never set foot in England used the income from a County Durham parish to buy a papal throne - but what did it cost him?
The parish of Bishopwearmouth funded a papal throne - and cost him Rome
In this episode, we follow the late fourteenth-century rise of Robert of Geneva from noble scion to pope and the institutions, incomes, and decisions that propelled him. What does it mean when a parish in County Durham underwrites the man later called the Butcher of Cesena?
Person: Robert of Geneva
Date: 1342 (birth), 1377 (Cesena massacre), 1378 (election)
Location…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.