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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...

Disease devastated europe. >> pretty of the entire population was wiped out. >> in the wake of the plague, the papacy is forced to re-evaluate its role in europe and face dire conditions in the city it abandoned. >> with the absence of the papacy from rome, the upkeep of the city began to fail. a great deal of the upkeep of rome came out of the pope's coffers. now this was all going to france. law and order became very, very shaky. you have a rise in pickpockets and muggings because there is no king in rome, there's no interior in rome, and now there is no pope in rome. >> the romans learned, ...

V decides that the papacy has lost sight of its spiritual purpose and must return to the bones of st. peter in rome. >> urban v, a reform-minded pope, is appalled by the luxury. he was appalled by the self-indulgence in avignon. he announced to the cardinals that they could only have one course at dinner rather than their usual ten-course bafrpg wet. it had increasingly become clear that as long as the papacy was tied to the fortunes of any country, that the ability to act as a spir attual leader would be seriously compromised. he was convicted that the papacy ned needed to return to its home ...

Confines of avignon, pope urban v decides the papacy has lost sight of its spiritual purpose and must return to the bones of st. peter in rome. >> urban v, a reform minded pope is appalled by the luxury, he was appalled by the self-indulgence in avignon. he announced to the cardinals they could only have one course at dinner rather than their usual ten-course banquet. it had become increasingly clear that the ability to act as a spiritual leader would be seriously compromised. he was convicted that the papacy needed to return to its home in rome. but it was not an easy transition. >> the cardi...

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...