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Earl Godwin and his family were back, baby.
Well, mostly.
A Chronological History of Britain
A Chronological History of Britain
Awesome episode, Jamie!
Pretty good episode. Good analysis on what the sources were indicating. I understand that you are not a theologian, as you stated, but do wish you could explain a bit better/deeper some of the issues going on, without attempting to just use humor. Was power a factor in much of the church issues? Certainly. But there were some real important theological issues as well. It is not an either/or. It is a complex both:and. Thanks though for your work.
But the important theological issues were mostly:
Does this one part of Chalcedon count?
Do crackers count as the Eucharist?
Are Saturday BBQs sinful?
Can priests bone?
Do we have to obey forged documents that give Rome authority over all of Christendom even though they’re clearly forged?
There were some smaller ones. But that’s mostly what it was about theologically.
And most of that is pretty funny, especially since the “you have to listen to my forged documents that says Rome is in charge” faction ended up allying with the Normans to deal a serious blow to the last remains of… wait for it… the Roman empire.
That’s kind of funny.
Also I cover pretty much everything with humor, especially when the powerful are causing widespread human suffering over spurious claims of authority. Why should Rome get special treatment?
Wait a minute! I seem to recall that earlier you speculated that Edward not having any children with Edith might have been a power play to avoid having a grandchild of Godwin on the throne. Now you’re saying they probably just couldn’t have children due to medical reasons? Am I getting something wrong here or did you change your view on this subject? Please clarify.
It’s all speculation, because we can’t know for sure. I tried to make it clear that the situation could be due to politics, biology, or some other reason.
My suspicion is that Edith was hoping, and the kingdom was hoping, and its even odds that Edward was hoping too.
I think the one thing that is pretty clear though is that there isn’t evidence that this was due to a vow of chastity on Edward’s part.
Im just glad you started pronouncing “Jute” correctly.