June 24, 2026

BONUS EPISODE: The French Wars of Religion: Part 2

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Joe, Nate, and Tom get the Guise together in Part II of our new series on the French Wars of Religion as tensions rise, and discuss medieval Laura Loomer, it being about ethics in troubadour journalism, and physical ailments that don't improve for being lanced.

This series appears thanks to research done by our friend and colleague Dr. Joel Butler.

SOURCES:

Benedict, Philip (1978). 'The Saint Bartholomew's Massacre in the Provinces'. The Historical Journal. 21/2.

Bryson, David (1999). Queen Jeanne and the Promised Land: Dynasty, Homeland, Religion and Violence in Sixteenth-Century France.

Carroll, Stuart (2011). Martyrs & Murderers: The Guise Family and the Making of Europe.

Carroll, Stuart (2019). 'Political Justice and the Outbreak of the Wars of Religion'. French History. 33/2.

Cottret, Bernard (1991). The Huguenots in England: immigration and settlement c.1550-1700.

Davies, Natalie Zemon (1975). Society and Culture in Early Modern France.

Holt, Mack P (1995). The French Wars of Religion, 1562-1629.

Jouanna, A (2015). The St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre: The mysteries of a crime of state.Trans. J. Bergin.

Knecht, Robert Jean (1998). Catherine de' Medici.

Knecht, Robert Jean (2004). The Valois: Kings of France 1328-1589.

Potter, David (ed. & trans.) (1997). The French Wars of Religion: Selected Documents.

Rady, M. (1991) France 1494-1610: Renaissance Religion and Recovery. 

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Comments (25)

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Joe · October 1, 2026

Limerick Junction mentioned is crazy

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Cameron Owen · July 18, 2026

I did a play where i played Bobby Darin in a carboard bathtub and in trunks, doing Splish Splash. Nate got me.

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Emiliano Rosas · June 30, 2026

I do not think the scripts are good, nor that Nathan is able to sustain an episode on his own.

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Allen · June 30, 2026

House of Geese is the alt-timeline collaboration between House of Pain and the band Geese

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Alex · June 28, 2026

These Protestant anti-papal posters remind me of the dazibao from the Cultural Revolution. You just know they were plastered all over the place.

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JM · June 27, 2026

My pick for revolution armed with worst weapons. Army: Chauchats Airforce: Soviet flying tank Navy: littoral combat ship Marines: the Ottoman landing force which was beaten by 60 Maltese Knights

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farin · June 27, 2026

MARC BOLAN MENTIONED!!!!

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NowhereMan661 · June 26, 2026

Honestly, despite the mockery, those French Protestant shitposters were spitting fire. Transubstantiation has always been a dumb idea, taking a metaphor about finding God through communities and taking it as literally as possible by saying that wine and bread is Jesus.

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Olafo Waffle · June 25, 2026

Honestly I forgot about this until it dropped

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Randy Long · June 25, 2026

Just wanted to shoutout the book Joe. Definitely your best work and I loved “Hooligans”. Cheers brother

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Tay · June 25, 2026

Very excited to listen to this later. Every day since episode one I have been checking patreon for this

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LeobaL · June 25, 2026

I am quite sure that in what passes for Benny Shaps' brain, tweeting during prayer time is passing on his wisdom, thus improving the world, and that is Tikkum Olam, a huge act of spiritual devotion. And that is how tweeting counts as prayer. And yes, I have spent far too much time arguing with Zionist Jews.

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Matt · June 24, 2026

I look forward to the story of the schism between the House of Geese and Eastern Horseodoxy.

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Will_Pilgrim · June 24, 2026

Trying to explain a radio to the ghost of John Calvin so that you can force him to listen to Adventures In Odyssey

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Patrick Quinn · June 24, 2026

White Sox Mentioned!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Max W · June 25, 2026

You have a fun team this year!

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Gil the Gilded Dragon · June 24, 2026

YES THE BIBLICALLY ACCURATE ARTILLERY talk about Shock And Awe as you Stride into battle naked and force a DC 20 Sanity save or Be Elijahed in the visions of fire and Epicycles

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Gil the Gilded Dragon · June 24, 2026

24.OO And no mentioning the aspirant to Solomon's throne (does anyone doubt me?) is from Philly... and then you have the Rhodesian or scheming kaKonuchs (or what would one call Long En & Pithy

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Gil the Gilded Dragon · June 24, 2026

You can read Dirt! Its called geomancy and you can do it without mind numbing ephemeridial calcul ations for Easter. One need Only do abt 22 pairwise 1 Bit checks

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Gil the Gilded Dragon · June 24, 2026

fucking WILD they broke up ur-Skillet (Escuëlette) before my professional forebears in the necromantic underground were firmly told to stop summoning... beings to learn to [ERR.Cosm.Int.Var.Ovrfllw] speedrun a doctorate or 2, and get to respectable misdeeds like sodomy or simony Sodomy is for the Cool clique Simony is for the ones with an actual future Sorcery are the wastrels that mix some scythian blooms and parthian herbs before going "sure why not? ■■■■■■■ isnt taking my calls and what am i gonna do during lent?" ...on rereading I've disclosed too much of What I got up in the 1500s"

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Gil the Gilded Dragon · June 24, 2026

am at the Iance and I realize Sorcerors are the Spooks (lit & fig) (unsurprising Cf. Trithemius, Dee, Kelly) ... and wasting So Much Time with Pharmacopoeia & Dumbass Schemes...KindaSketchy in the sex sense... CIA actually Contubernum of Incantators and Astrologists; NSA Not Scrying AtAll)

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Kaiju and Chill · June 24, 2026

Or you get Stations Creations. The percussion section of the greatest rock band ever. With Bill S. Preston eaq and Ted Theadore Logan. Together they are Wyld Stallions.

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Gil the Gilded Dragon · June 24, 2026

for a moment I thought you were refering to emanationist achronal music of spheres and was... I guess a NDE by hastyhoop Is a form of apophatic mysticism

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Al · June 24, 2026

De Guise keep de guising.

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AnnoyingSpanishGuy · June 24, 2026

Irish man not being held down in customs for looking like a terrorist, display in dark souls fonts "WHITENESS ACHIEVED" .