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The medieval papacy launched holy wars that reshaped the world, and this episode explains how.
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In this episode
- How the papacy used religious authority to mobilize armies
- What the Crusades actually were and why they started
- The political stakes behind calls for holy war
- How this era changed the course of Western history
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In this chapter of the Popes...the Crusades!
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