Western Civilization

Secondary Sources: Lecture on Medieval History - Papacy at Avignon -  Skip Knox

Crisis in the Church: Babylonian Captivity and the Great Schism

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1. Introduction
2. King Philip IV of France
3. Philip IV
4. Pope Boniface VIII temperament
5. Boniface VIII internal dissention
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 Basle
19. Summary

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