Avignon Papacy
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The Avignon Papacy was a period in the 14th century when the popes resided in Avignon rather than Rome, significantly shaping medieval church politics and contributing to later crises like the Western Schism.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical period
→
period of papal residence in Avignon → |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Roman Catholicism
→
surface form: "Roman Catholic Church"
|
| causeOf | Western Schism → |
| country | Kingdom of France → |
| describedBySource |
Catholic Encyclopedia
→
Chronicles of Jean Froissart → Encyclopaedia Britannica → |
| dissolved | 1377 → |
| endTime | 1377 → |
| followedBy |
Western Schism
→
return of the papacy to Rome → |
| follows | papal residence in Rome → |
| hasCharacteristic |
residence of popes outside Rome
→
strong political ties to the French crown → |
| hasEffect |
decline of papal prestige in parts of Europe
→
growth of conciliarist ideas → increased French influence over the papacy → tensions between papacy and Holy Roman Empire → |
| hasPart |
pontificate of Benedict XII
→
pontificate of Clement V → pontificate of Clement VI → pontificate of Gregory XI → pontificate of Innocent VI → pontificate of John XXII → pontificate of Urban V → |
| historyOfTopic |
Papal States
→
Roman Curia → |
| inception | 1309 → |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Comtat Venaissin → |
| locatedInThePresentDayAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | France → |
| location | Avignon → |
| mainSubject |
church–state relations
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medieval church politics → papal authority → |
| namedAfter | Avignon → |
| notableWork | administrative registers of the Avignon popes → |
| partOf |
history of the Catholic Church
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history of the Papacy → |
| religion | Catholicism → |
| significantEvent |
construction of the Palais des Papes
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onset of the Western Schism in 1378 → return of the papacy to Rome in 1377 → transfer of papal court to Avignon → |
| startTime | 1309 → |
| timePeriod | 14th century → |
| usedFor |
centralization of papal administration
→
fiscal reorganization of the papal curia → |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Avignon residency of the papacy"
subject surface form: "Pontificate of Innocent VI"