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fromMedievalists.net4 days agoHistoryThe Cadaver Synod: The Trial of a Dead Pope - Medievalists.netThe Cadaver Synod was a calculated political maneuver rather than mere madness, reflecting deeper crises in the church and the Carolingian Empire.