Avignon Papacy

He served as the sixth pope in the Avignon Papacy.

However, in 1398 the French church withdrew its allegiance from the Avignon papacy.

In 1317 the Avignon papacy began a war by excommunication with Matteo.

The Avignon Papacy was notorious for greed and corruption.

It was taken to Avignon during the Avignon Papacy but later returned.

During the first quarter of the fourteenth century, the Armagnacs also benefited from their close ties with the Avignon papacy.

The only trace of truffles in medieval cooking is at the court of the Avignon Papacy.

By the end of the 15th century, having been neglected during the period of the Avignon Papacy, the old basilica was in bad repair.

"Avignon Papacy"

These divisions eventually led to the Western Schism, which was only resolved after the end of the Avignon papacy.

During the Avignon papacy, the Lateran Palace and the basilica began to decline.

In both cases, the Avignon papacy sent money to their bishops in Rome to cover the costs of reconstruction and maintenance.

After his resignation rival claimants contested to be bishop, as part of the Avignon Papacy controversy.

During the Avignon Papacy the Borgo, together with Rome, suffered decay.

During the period of the Avignon Papacy the fortress saw much activity with high ranking church officials, princes and notables crossing the bridge.

He was a major figure in the Avignon papacy, and also a diplomat engaged in the negotiations of the Hundred Years War.

Cramaud was a prominent figure in the struggles of the fourteenth-century church, and a partisan of the Avignon Papacy.

However, he never took possession of the see because the Scots acknowledged the Avignon papacy with their own candidate, Walter Trail.

Haarlem was granted its first known indulgence by Clement V in 1309, during the Avignon Papacy.

This is seen most clearly in the Avignon Papacy when the popes moved from Rome to Avignon.

The next most recent resignation occurred in 1415, as part of the Council of Constance's resolution of the Avignon Papacy.

Although the move had precedent, the Avignon Papacy's (1305-1377) image was damaged by accusations of corruption, favoritism toward the French, and even heresy.

During the span of the Avignon Papacy all the popes and most Cardinals and curial officials were French.

The reputation of the Avignon Papacy led many to question the absolute authority of the pope in governing the universal Catholic Church.

The Avignon Papacy developed a reputation of corruption that estranged major parts of Western Christendom.