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In Conversation | Mediaeval sex and bishop brothels - with Diarmaid MacCulloch

This is History: A Dynasty to Die For

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This chapter unfolds on a tense morning in 1320 Avignon, where a crowd gathers for the brutal execution of two men accused of sodomy. As the executioner readies to light the fire, a miraculous intervention by the Virgin Mary saves the younger man, altering the course of fate amidst the horror of the scene.

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