WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Avignon papacy, Roman Catholic papacy during the period 1309–77, when the popes took up residence at Avignon, France, instead of at Rome, primarily because of the current political conditions.

Detailed explanation-2: -To escape the oppressive atmosphere, in 1309 Clement chose to move the papal capital to Avignon, which was the property of papal vassals at that time.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1309 the city, still part of the Kingdom of Arles (as the Kingdom of Burgundy was known by then), was chosen by Pope Clement V as his residence at the time of the Council of Vienne and, from 9 March 1309 until 13 January 1377, Avignon, rather than Rome was the seat of the Papacy.

Detailed explanation-4: -During the first period, from 1309 to 1376, six successive popes resided in Avignon: Clement V, Jean XXII, Benoit XII, Clement VI, Innocent VI et Urban V.. These 67 years radically transformed the city, and left a marked imprint, to which the city today owes its world renown.

Detailed explanation-5: -King Philip sent an army led by Guillaume de Nogaret and Sciarra Colonna, which surprised Pope Boniface at his vacation home in Anagni. Boniface was beaten and briefly imprisoned. He died soon after he was released.