Avignon Papacy

The Avignon Papacy was the period from 1309 to 1376 during which seven successive popes resided in Avignon (at the time within the Kingdom of Arles, part of the Holy Roman Empire, now part of France) rather than in Rome. The situation arose from the conflict between the papacy and the French crown, culminating in the death of Pope Boniface VIII after his arrest and maltreatment by agents of ... Episode artwork: Artist: Jean-Marc Rosier (www.rosier.pro). License: CC BY-SA 3.0. Content adapted from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avignon_Papacy), used under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.