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Pope. philip actually asks them to come to france to crown him pope. >> the popes, of course, had been appointed in rome from the time of st. peter. >> king philip of france has a very powerful hold on pope clement v. this is a weak man and he is intimidated by philip. >> clement is notorious. he just did whatever he was asked. >> clement 5 outright promised philip a flatout portion of the church tithe. it went straight into the royal coffers. he also signed off on the expulsion of jews as a dan...

The name clemat v becomes the pope. philip asks them to come to france to crown him pope. >> the popes, of course, had been appointed in rome from the time of st. peter. >> king phillip of france has a powerful hold on clement v. hes a weak man and shes intimidated. >> he did whatever was asked. >> clement v promised philip a flatout portion of the church tithe. he signed off on the expulsion of jews as a danger to the church, in knowledge that the wealth was going to go to phillip. thats very b...

Avignon. >> rather than being in a landscape where the pope could actually act as an independent power and make alliances with anyone that he chose, he was now firmly entrenched in one country, clearly under the control of the king. that was what warped the papacy. its a little bit as though washington, d.c. suddenly upped and said, well, now, manhattan isheital of the entire united states. >>or the first time sin the invention of the concla,he one with true power over the church is not the one ...

After this, was notorious for let me ask y luxurious living. spending church money in order to take care of themselves. >> but the avignon papacy worked. it much more ctral to europe than the italian peninsula. it was efficient. it had a decent bureaucracy. theres actually a good case for the avignon pay pacy. it doesnt have the tomb of peter. whats the point of a pope who doesnt sit at the tomb of peter? >> despite being miles from the spiritual foundation of the papacy, pope clement v remains ...

Philip iv in france is determined to reassert his power over the papacy. with a new pope boniface viii is refusing to give in to the greedy monarch. >> philip iv comes to a time when war fair is brought by purchasing armies. he needs more and more money. >> the church is very wealthy. >> so when boniface dies, king philip ensures that a pope who will give him what he wants is elected. >> he expressed very clearly to the college of cardinals that he preferred this particular french candidate. it ...

The name clement v becomes the pope. philip asks them to come to france to crown him pope. >> the popes, of course, had been appointed in rome from the time of st. peter. >> king phillip of france has a very powerful hold on clement v. hes a weak man and hes intimidated by phillip. >> he did whatever was asked. clement v promised philip a flatout portion of the church tithe. it went straight into the royal coffers. he signed off on the expulsion of jews as a danger to the church, in knowledge th...

Disease, devastated europe. >> pretty much the entire population was wiped out. >> in the wake of the plague, the papacy is forced to reevaluate its role in europe and face dire conditions in the city it abandoned. >> with the absence of the papacy from rome -- keep of the city began to -- its all going to france. law and order became very, very shaky. you have a rise in pickpockets and muggings because theres no king in rome. theres no emperor in rome. and now theres no pope in rome. >> the rom...