The Pope who was Dead Wrong and The Birds (The Australian Cut)
This episode Suzie examines the Cadaver Synod and Trevor delves into a bit of Australian history with the Emu War
WHAT THE HISTORY?
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Sources:
THE CADAVER SYNOD
Encyclopaedia Britannica 2007, ‘Formosus’ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Formosus#ref916569
Harper E 2014, ‘The Cadaver Synod: When a Pope’s Corpse Was Put on Trial’ http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/morbid-monday-cadaver-synod
Sullivan K 2016, ‘Cadaver Synod: The Exhumed Corpse of Pope Formosus That Was Put on Trial’ http://www.ancient-origins.net/history-important-events/cadaver-synod-exhumed-corpse-pope-formosus-was-put-trial-007104?nopaging=1
Publications for Further Reading
There are a few publications which mention the Cadaver Synod, check them out!
‘The Bad Popes’ by E R Chamberlain (1969)
‘Keepers of the Keys of Heaven: A History of the Papacy’ Roger Collins (2004)
‘The Ring and the Book’ Robert Browning (n.d)
‘The Cadaver Synod: Strangest Trial in History’ Donald E Wilkes Jr (2001)
THE EMU WAR
SETTLEMENT OF RETURNED SOLDIERS AND SAILORS 1914-18 – Australian Bureau of Statistics
Looking back: Australia’s Emu Wars – Australian Geographic
How we lost the “Emu War” – Emu Gigs
The five funniest moments in Australian history – ABC News (Australia)
Other stuff:
The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from…
History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981)
History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)
Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984)
You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989)
Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015)
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