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1.2.3.12 Medieval Church
Late Middle Ages
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Religious Studies
9th Grade
04/11/2009

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Late Middle Ages

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An age filled with calamities for both Europe and the Church:  a war between England and France over English claims to French territory lasted for a century; the papacy, which had been strong and reform-minded under Pope Innocent III, stumbled into corruption and chaos; at one time, three men claimed the title of pope

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Black Death

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A horrible plague that affected all of Europe  

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1347 C.E.

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The arrival of the Bubonic Plague in Europe 

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Hundred Years’ War

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A war between England and France (which lasted from 1338 C.E. to 1453 C.E.)

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Clement V

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A pope who was completely under the sway of the king of France and the nationalized French Church; the first pope of the Avignon Papacy     

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1309 C.E.

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The pope moved the papal headquarters to the south of France, to the town of Avignon 

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Avignon Papacy

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An event where the papal headquarters was moved to the south of France, to the town of Avignon 

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Gregory XI

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The seventh Avignon pope

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1376 C.E.

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Catherine of Siena visits Gregory XI

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Catherine of Siena

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A thirty-year-old member of a Dominican lay order; she pleads, “pope, come home”

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1378 C.E.

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Urban VI took office

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Urban VI

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The pope who succeeded Gregory XI; an Italian who was a compromise candidate: the cardinals probably would have elected another Frenchman, but the people of Rome were rioting in demand of an Italian or a Roman

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Great Papal Schism

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A time in the papacy where three popes existed concurrently

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Martin V

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The pope elected to end the Great Papal Schism

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1417 C.E.

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The Great Papal Schism ended 

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Conciliarism

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A movement which proposed that general church councils had more authority over the Church than the pope 

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