What The History Podcast

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

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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

Emu – The Animal Facts

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)

Emu War – Wikipedia

 

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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