Catholics & History: Interpreting the Living Past (and "Master Narratives") | The Simpleton Podcast

Mary Smith, M.A., Late Medieval & Early Modern World, joins Laura for this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.

Also in this episode:
• The problems of revisionist history
• Can you write history without bias?
• Interpretive keys, master narratives
• Is it Catholics vs. the world?
• Living, relevant history

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Chapters:

0:00 Intro to Mary and context for this episode
3:33 Signpost of this epiosde
4:25 The Revisionist History of the 80s & 90s
16:18 Historical bias, Catholicism, & the Inquisition
23:23 Theology, history, philosophy, and patriotism
30:47 The paradox of interpretive keys
36:17 What is a more "real" way to look at history?
42:16 Living, relevant history (the Catholic viewpoint)
49:53 What do we owe the people of the past?
58:16 Is it Catholics vs. the world? (a preview of pt. 2)
1:03:12 Outro

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