This week we’re going to look at what may have been the greatest forgery in the history of the world... or at least, one of the most impactful. You see, the Donation of Constantine, for all of its discussion of curing the Emperor of leprosy and how he was just so grateful for this miracle that he left the entirety of the Western Empire to the Papacy, wouldn’t have been worth the vellum it was written on if it hadn’t been for one thing: People believed it, and they believed it because the Papacy backed it...
On a real-world note, have a happy holidays and be on the lookout on New Year’s Day for a little surprise in your feed coming your way courtesy of myself and Dirk Hoffman-Becking over at the History of the Germans podcast. We wanted to ring in the New Year properly and nerdily, and we think we have found just the way, so look to unwrap that small gift in your podcatcher on the 1st.
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Listenable: History of the Merovingians, 451-613
Our Fake History "Who Is the Real Santa Claus?"": https://ourfakehistory.com/index.php/season-5/episode-101-who-is-the-real-santa-claus/
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