TV Saints & Sinners: The History of the Popes - Season 1 Episode 2 : Between Two Empires (461 - 1000) Saints & Sinners: The History of the Popes - Season 1 Episode 2 : Between Two Empires (461 - 1000) /10 by 0 users This episode focuses on the developing role of the papacy as a religious and political force, as well as the conversion of Europe to Christianity. Often thugs, bandits and womanizers, the popes of the ninth and tenth centuries led the papal institution to a state of moral decadence, encouraged by the outrageous Pope John XII who was "elected" at the ripe age of eighteen. Details Casts Posters Images Title Saints & Sinners: The History of the Popes - Season 1 Episode 2 : Between Two Empires (461 - 1000) Alternative Titles First Air Date 2005-04-07 Last Air Date 2005-04-07 Number of Episodes 6 Number of Seasons 1 Genres , Networks , Casts Plot Keywords , Episodes List Saints & Sinners: The History of the Popes Season 1 :Episode 1 Upon this Rock (c.AD 33 - 461) Upon this Rock (c.AD 33 - 461) 2005-04-07 The history of the Papacy parallels the history of Western civilization itself, from the founding of the Church nearly 2,000 years ago by Peter... Saints & Sinners: The History of the Popes Season 1 :Episode 2 Between Two Empires (461 - 1000) Between Two Empires (461 - 1000) 2005-04-07 The history of the Papacy parallels the history of Western civilization itself, from the founding of the Church nearly 2,000 years ago by Peter... Saints & Sinners: The History of the Popes Season 1 :Episode 3 Set Over Nations (1000 - 1447) Set Over Nations (1000 - 1447) 2005-04-07 The history of the Papacy parallels the history of Western civilization itself, from the founding of the Church nearly 2,000 years ago by Peter... Saints & Sinners: The History of the Popes Season 1 :Episode 4 Protest and Division (1447 - 1774) Protest and Division (1447 - 1774) 2005-04-07 The history of the Papacy parallels the history of Western civilization itself, from the founding of the Church nearly 2,000 years ago by Peter... Saints & Sinners: The History of the Popes Season 1 :Episode 5 The Pope and the People (1774 - 1903) The Pope and the People (1774 - 1903) 2005-04-07 The history of the Papacy parallels the history of Western civilization itself, from the founding of the Church nearly 2,000 years ago by Peter... Saints & Sinners: The History of the Popes Season 1 :Episode 6 The Oracles of God (1903 - 1997) The Oracles of God (1903 - 1997) 2005-04-07 The history of the Papacy parallels the history of Western civilization itself, from the founding of the Church nearly 2,000 years ago by Peter...