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    Catholic Church was mostly the result of two events. The first event was the Avignon Papacy‚ the movement of the papacy from to Avignon‚ France. The second event was the Great Schism‚ which was a separation of the Church into two. The Black Death‚ also known as the Bubonic Plague‚ was a huge pandemic that affected a

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    when elected as Pope. He had decided rather than moving to Rome‚ Clement V lived in Avignon‚ a small town in France‚ and after his death many other Popes to come still continued to live and continue their papacy there in Avignon‚ in France‚ instead of the original home of all Peter’s descendants‚ in Rome. By the time when Poe Gregory XI came into position as the Pope. Pope Gregory XI moved the papacy from France back to Rome in 1377. Later on that year‚ Pope Gregory’s death‚ cause

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    9/10 – 9/14 P.1 Neuman AP Euro Ch.9/10 Review Questions Kagan Western Heritage 8th edition Chapter 9 (1300-1527) 1. What were the underlying and precipitating causes of the Hundred Years’ War? What advantages did each side have? Why were the French able to drive the English almost entirely out of France? The first underlying and precipitating cause of the Hundred Years’ War was that England and France were too closely proximate emergent territorial powers. Another cause of the Hundred Years’

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    in the 1500s‚ the history of the previous two centuries made it clear that the institution was profoundly troubled” (Chambers 347). The Avignon Exile‚ in which the center of power of the Papacy moved from its historic home in Rome to the French city of Avignon undermined the institution’s legitimacy. Several successive Popes stated that‚ at the time‚ the Papacy could not be effectively controlled in Rome‚ even though they expressed desire to return‚ showcasing administrative weakness (Chambers 347)

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    Monarchy 1. Electoral Nature of the German Monarchy G. The States of Italy 1. Duchy of Milan 2. Republic of Florence 3. Republic of Venice III. The Decline of the Church A. Boniface VIII and the Conflict with the State B. The Papacy at Avignon (1305-1377) C. The Great Schism D. New Thoughts on Church and State and the Rise of Conciliarism 1. The Conciliar Movement E. Popular Religion in an Age of Adversity: 1. Mysticism and Lay Piety 2. Unique Female Mystical Experiences

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    Boniface VIII’s desire for the papal growth was so strong that any and all obstacles‚ like the papacy itself as held by his predecessor Pope Celestine V‚ were dealt with in a un-Christian-like manner. Dante’s final pope residing within this Bolgia is Clement V‚ placed here as punishment for moving the Church to Avignon‚ France‚ and “thus betraying the hopes of the faithful that he would purge the church and the papacy of the desire for worldly power and riches.” Dante’s placement of the sinfully simonaic

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    of empire‚ and from abroad‚ by the defiant will of regional kings. The authority of the other universal power‚ the papacy‚ by all appearances‚ was in decline also. The papacy’s sphere of influence apparently shrinking‚ with its attention primarily focused on France and the states of Italy. This appeared to be exacerbated by the Avignon Captivity which supposedly subjected the papacy to the will of the French monarchy. Seemingly‚ in the words of Joseph Strayer‚ the idea of the universal empires “had

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    the second at the expense of the first secularized the papacy and brought the loss of much of its moral and spiritual authority. With the awakening of the spirit of civic independence in medieval Italy‚ the people of Rome became subject to periodic fits of restlessness under papal rule. From time to time movements occurred in the city that repudiated the pope’s authority and occasionally drove him out of the city. With the papacy at Avignon in the fourteenth century‚ the way was prepared for the

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    authority to the Bishops instead of the Pope. When the church decided to move the papacy back to the Roman empire there was another schism. This schism was called the Great western schism and resulted in two popes one that was backed by Rome and the other had the support of the Avignon this lasted until about 1417 when Martin V became Pope. During the 1500 to 1870 CE period God became distant and inaccessible to many which gave rise to Mysticism. Many turned to Marian Devotions during this time

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    and number: Urban VI‚ who stayed in Rome‚ and Clement VII‚ who returned to Avignon. Although Roman Catholic Church historians generally agree that Urban VI and his successors were the legitimate popes‚ there has never been an official pronouncement to this effect. The double election had disastrous effects upon the church. The followers of the two popes were divided chiefly along national lines‚ and thus the dual papacy fostered the political antagonisms of the time. The spectacle of rival popes

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