The Middle Ages

Crisis in the Late Medieval Church

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The papal palace at Avignon
  1. Introduction
  2. King Philip IV of France
  3. Philip IV
  4. Pope Boniface VIII
  5. Boniface VIII
  6. The Dispute
  7. The Capture of the Pope
  8. The Papacy Removes to Avignon
  9. The Papacy at Avignon
  10. Papal Government
  11. Attempts to Return
  12. The Great Schism
  13. Effects of the Schism
  14. Attempts at Resolution
  15. The Council of Pisa
  16. The Council of Constance
  17. Heresy and Reform
  18. The Council of Basel
  19. Summary

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