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Talking to anybody. he didnt want him to be able to communicate with his supporters, so essentially put him under house arrest in order to protect his own legitimacy as pope. >> and so celestine dies in captivity. >> in the 13th century, however, a retired pope is not the only threat to a sitting popes power. in a time when the lines between church and state are fluid, kings are just as threatening to papal power as previous popes. >> theres always a bit of a problem as to who was in charge. was...

His papacy. >> but despite the peaceful nature in which celestine v resigned and because of the violence and instability surrounding the resignation of benedict ix 250 years earlier, the new pope must make sure that celestine is never heard from again. >> after celestine retired and boniface became the pope, he felt that it was dangerous to have two living popes. >> you cant have another pope knocking about and threatening the pope. >> immediately after celestine leaves the vatican, boniface has...

Elect him pope. >> in the 13th century you had great succession of reforming popes, politicians, but this is not how a pope should be. so what they did was elect a pope who was as unworldly as you could possibly hope for, a hermit. they called him celestine, the heavenly one. >> celestine v does not want to be pope. hed rather be praying off alone by himself, and he goes to do this papacy rather reluctantly. >> it is not super clear that he even exactly knew what was going on. it is not clear ho...

Celestine into siphoning him church money and land. but after celestines resignation, the new pope, boniface viii, is not so easily manipulated. >> when boniface viii became pope, he saw the french influence as something that had gone way, way out of bounds and so he positioned himself as the anti-france pope. so phillip iv and boniface had these very real clash of powers. boniface began to generate some very, very harsh language about the power of the papacy. here is a letter that he wrote to p...

But after celestines resignation, the new pope, boniface viii is not so easily manipulated. >> when boniface became pope, he positioned himself as the anti-france pope. so philip iv and boniface had a very real clash of powers. boniface began to generate some very, very harsh language about the power of the papacy, here is a letter he wrote to philip iv of france, he said, listen, son, literally thats how he begins it, son, god has set us over kings and kingdoms, let no one persuade you that you...

>> in the 13th century you had a great succession of reforming popes, politicians. but this is not how a pope should be. so what they did was elect a pope who was as unworldly as you could possibly hope for, a hermit. they called him celestine, the heavenly one. >> he does not want to be pope. hed rather be off praying alone by himself. he goes to this papacy rather reluctantly. >> its not super clear he knew exactly what was going on. its not clear how sharp mentally he was. >> celestine v was ...

Sign, the cardinals decide to elect him pope. >> in the 13th century you had a great succession of reforming popes, politicians. but this is not how a pope should be. so what they did was elect a pope who was as unworldly as you could possibly hope for, a hermit. they called him celestine, the heavenly one. >> he does not want to be pope. hed rather be off praying alone by elf.ms he goes to this papy reluctantly. he didnt exactly know what was going on. its not clear how sharp mentally he was. >...

>> he didnt want celestine talking to anybody, he didnt want him to be able to communicate with supporters, so essentially put him under house arrest to protect his legitimacy as pope. >> and so celestine dies in captivity. >> in the 13th century, however, a retired pope is not the only threat to a sitting popes power. chch a state a fluid, es between kings are just as threatening papal power as previous popes. it was a biof a pblem as to who was in charge, was it the king or the pope? >> so muc...