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But pope urban v and his successor, another frenchman, gregor xi, remained firm in their spiritual conviction that the papacy longs at the tomb of st. peter. >> there is a lot of resentment about their having to sort of come down in the world, which i think just shows what a cushioned, isolated existence they were living in avignon, that you have a europe that's been devastated by the plague, that the entire social structure of europe has changed, that in some places 90% of the population has died, but the primary concern of the college of cardinals is that they're not getting enough courses f...

Avignon did not appreciate the run down condition in the city. >> pope urban v and gregory xi remains firm. >> there is a lot of resentment about them having sort of come down to the worm. it shows what a cushion isolated existence they were living in avignon. you have a europe that's devastated by the plague and the entire structure of europe has changed and 90% of the population have died. the primary concern for the cardinals is they are not getting enough forces. its gotten so out of touch with what the church is supposed to be doing. >> when pope gregory die in 1378. many of the cardinals...

Appreciate the run down conditions in the city. but they remained firm in the spiritual conviction that the papacy belongs at the tomb of st. peter. >> there's a lot of resent of them having to come down in the world, which shows what a cushioned, isolated existence they were living in avignon. that you have a europe that's been devastated by the plague. that the entire social structure of europe has changed. the primary concern of cardinals is they were not getting enough courses for dinner. so you have a sense that during the avignon, the papacy has gotten so out of touch with what the churc...

Want to be pope anymore. he wanted to get married. he handed it over to his god father. he became pope gregory the vi. then the really scandal thing happened, he decided he want it back. gregory the vi says no, i am pope. don't forget about me. so now we have three popes. we have three popes and no one is to declare which one is the most legitimate. >> benedict, sylvester and gregory all fight in the streets of rome over who is the rightful heir to the throne. in the end, benedict ix wins

The rundown conditions in in the fallen city. but urban v and his successor, gregory xi remained firm in the spiritual conviction that the papacy belongs at the tomb of st. peter. >> there's a lot of resent of them having to come down in the world, which shows what a cushioned, isolated existence they were living in avignon. you have a europe devastated by the plague, the social structure has entirely changed. and in some places 90% of the population has died. the primary concern of cardinals is they were not getting enough courses for dinner. so, you definitely have a sense the papacy has got...