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Describe Rome in the early 1400s and explain why the city was in that condition?
The fortunes of medieval Rome rested on being the seat of the papacy. From 1309 to1377 seven popes resided in Avignon in France, instead of Rome (the Avignon Papacy). With the absence of the popes, the population of Rome decreased and the city was neglected. When the popes returned to Rome they undertook ambitious programmes of reconstruction and urban regeneration.
The papacy reached its zenith of power in the thirteenth century during the papacy of?
Innocent III.
Why did the pope leave Rome in Italy and go to Avignon in France in or about the 11th century?
Primarily to escape from the infighting and politics of powerful families of Rome, the Avignon Papacy, from 1309 to 1377, was when seven popes resided in Avignon, France: + Pope Clement V (1305-1314) + Pope John XXII (1316-1334) + Pope Benedict XII (1334-1342) + Pope Clement VI (1342-1352) + Pope Innocent VI (1352-1362) + Pope Urban V (1362-1370) + Pope Gregory XI (1370-1378) Gregory XI moved the papacy back to Rome in 1376.
When was Rome ruled?
It was not /is not the Catholics who ruled or rule Rome. Rome and Italy are Catholic. Therefore the people of Rome are Catholics. However, they do not rule Rome. It was the papacy who became the ruler of Rome and the Papal States. This started in 756. It ended in 1870 when the state of the newly created Italy seized Rome and annexed the Papal States. After the fall of the western part of the Roman Empire, central Italy and Rome came under the rule of the eastern part of the Roman Empire which formed the Exarchate of Ravenna in a big part of central Italy (540-751). In 754 the Frankish king Pepin the Younger, in an alliance with the pope, descended into Italy from France, ended the rule northern Italy by the Lombard invaders, drove them out from territories they had conquered from the Exarchate of Ravenna (the area around the city of Rome, and part of central Italy) and donated it to the papacy. The popes became rulers of the city of Rome and these areas of central Italy which were then called the Papal States.
How and why was the papacy moved to Avignon?
This was a period between 1309 and 1378. Seven Popes resided at Avignon. The period was one of great conflict and the French Kings held considerable power in Europe and over the Papacy. So the Papacy was moved and when French power declined, it returned
Whats another name for the Papacy?
There are various names for Papacy, the most common is The Holy See, Diocese of Rome, The See of Rome, The Patriarchate of Rome, See of Peter and etc..
What was the era called when there was no pope in Rome in 1377?
It is sometimes referred to as the "Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy" or the "Avignon Papacy." During this period the papacy was headquartered in Avignon, France.
What pope returned the papacy to Rome in 1420?
Pope Martin V was the pope in 1420.
What happen to the papacy in the year AD 538?
Basically, what happened, was the following. Justinian I wanted to place the Papcy in charge of Rome. He wanted to move from the Byzantine empire over to Rome. He led his forces in battle against the Ostrogoths and the Vandals. These were Barbarian groups that had adopted the Aryan syle of Christianity. He thought he was protecting Catholics when he was driving the Ostrogoths out of Rome. The Battle of Rome was fought in 537AD. The Papacy finally became the law of Rome so to speak when the Ostrogoths were driven out in 538AD. The Papacy at this point had taken power.
How many years passed before the Vatican returned to Rome?
Vatican has always been in Rome. However, the papacy left for about 7 decades. The Avignon Papacy was the period from 1309 to 1377, during which seven successive popes resided in Avignon, France.
How many years was the papal court out of rome?
The papacy's stay in Avignon lasted from 1309 to 1376. Therefore, the popes were out of Rome for 67 years.
Why did many parts of Rome start to break away from the Roman Catholic Church?
Rome used to be part of Vatican territory until nationalist movements within Italy attacked the papacy and seized the papal states culminating with Rome on 20 September, 1870. The Vatican territory that now remains is all of Rome that the nationalists allowed the papacy to retain.
Where was the place of the Popes in France before it was moved to Rome?
For 68 years, 1309-1378, the papacy was headquartered in Avignon, France, rather than Rome.
Describe Rome in the early 1400s and explain why the city was in that condition?
The fortunes of medieval Rome rested on being the seat of the papacy. From 1309 to1377 seven popes resided in Avignon in France, instead of Rome (the Avignon Papacy). With the absence of the popes, the population of Rome decreased and the city was neglected. When the popes returned to Rome they undertook ambitious programmes of reconstruction and urban regeneration.
Did the pope ever live in Spain?
No, except for about 70 years when the papacy moved to Avignon, France, the pope has been in Rome, never in Spain.
Which French city was chosen in 1305 by Pope Clement V to be the seat of the papacy instead of Rome?
From 1309 to 1378 the pope was based in Avignon, France.
What is a government by a pope position rank or authority of a pope?
Papacy is the correct answer.
