The Evilest Popes Who Ever Ruled | Part 1 | Human Voiced, No Ads

00:00:00 Introduction and Welcome 00:02:43 Pope Stephen VI (896–897) – The Cadaver Synod 00:08:48 Pope John XII (955–964) 00:15:48 Pope Benedict IX (1032–1048) 00:24:10 Pope Boniface VIII (1294–1303) 00:31:32 Pope Urban VI (1378–1389) 00:40:43 Pope Alexander VI (1492–1503) 00:49:55 Pope Leo X (1513–1521) 00:58:25 Pope Clement VII (1523–1534) 01:09:49 Thoughts and Conclusion Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @asmr_historian   Support the channel on Patreon:   / asmrhistorian   Merch: https://histmerch.shop/ Sources and Further Reading Chamberlin, E. R. (1969). The Bad Popes. Liutprand of Cremona (c. 960). Antapodosis (“Retribution”). Pope Victor III (c. 1085). Dialogues (Book III). Dante Alighieri (1314). Inferno (from The Divine Comedy). Burchard, Johann (c. 1500). Diary of Johann Burchard. Guicciardini, Francesco (1561). The History of Italy. Cellini, Benvenuto (1562). The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini. Gregorovius, Ferdinand (1894). History of Rome in the Middle Ages. Duffy, Eamon (1997). Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes. Norwich, John Julius (2011). Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy. Information sourced from Wiki, Gutenburg, JSTOR, primary and secondary sources. All information is congruent with archaeological and history evidence at the time of recording.