This time, we will look at some of the popes and events which shaped the papacy’s up and down status with monarchs throughout Europe.  Old friends Charles “The Hammer”, Pepin the Short, Charlemagne, Otto the Great, and Henry IV are sometimes allies and sometimes foes of popes such as Hadrian I, Stephen II, Leo III … Continue reading Episode 22: The Monarchs and The Papas; the History of the Papacy Part 3