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The Pope and his Fortune-telling Head - Part 4
Special episode for Halloween 2026
Gerbert d'Aurillac encounters a strange woman in a woodland glade, who promises a solution to both his romantic and financial predicaments, but there is, of course, a catch.
The text is mostly taken from Walter Map's 'De Nugis Curialium', with embellishments by myself, based on other versions of the legend of Gerbert d'Aurillac.
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The Pope and his Fortune-telling Head - Part 4
Gerbert becomes the Archbishop of Reims (sort of), and gets recruited into Otto's attempt to restore the Roman Empire. He also builds an astronomical timepiece, and answers a question about the area of a triangle.