Avignon Papacy - 1305 - 1377 - Continuing his bid to quell
papal power, Philip IV pressured French cardinals to elect a French
pope in the wake of the death of Bonifice VIII. Clement V,
1305 - 1314 was elected and moved the seat of the Papacy to
Avignon, southern France, citing political turmoil in Rome as the
principal reason. The Avignon Papacy resulted in a decline in
papal authority, essentially subordinating the Pope to the King of
France.
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