the right of determining the need and the amount of their subsidies to the Crown; and (2) That the head of the Church ought to be consulted when there was question of diverting the revenues of the Church to secular purposes. The Bull was criticized for the vehemence of its tone, for its exaggerated indictment of the hostile attitude of the laity of all ages towards the clergy, and for its failure to make clear the distinction between the revenues of the purely ecclesiastical benefices and the "lay fees" held by the clergy on feudal tenure. Unscrupulous advisers of Philip were quick to take advantage of the Pope's hasty language and, by forcing him to make explanations, put him on the defensive and weakened his prestige. Clericis laicos was a reminder of the traditional principle. Surprised by the strong reaction of the French crown and pressure from the French bishops seeking a compromise, in July 1297 Boniface issued another bull, Etsi de statu, which allowed lay taxation of clergy without papal consent in cases of emergency. Nonetheless, Clericis laicos was included by Pope Boniface in his collection of canon law, the Liber sextus decretalium. Only after the death of Boniface's successor, Benedict XI, would the canonists begin treating the bull as truly revoked. Etsi de statu Etsi de statu was a papal bull issued by Pope Boniface VIII in July 1297. The bull was essentially a revocation of Clericis laicos, which had prohibited the taxation of clerical property by lay authorities without the explicit consent of the papacy. However, Etsi de statu allowed it in cases of emergency. Clericis laicos had been directed at the kings of England and France: Edward I and Philip IV respectively. There were preparations for war between the two over the Duchy of Aquitaine, and the bull was meant as a preventive measure against taxation of the clergy. Boniface, however, was faced by an embargo, including the export of money from France. At the same time, Boniface had to contend with a suspiciously-convenient uprising in Rome by the Colonna family. The Pope had to back down and issue the more accommodating Etsi de statu. Text Clericis laicos in APOSCRIPTA Database - Lettres des papes (French CNRS, UMR 5648), letter n. 11000. Notes 1296 works Economic history of the Holy See 13th-century papal bulls Medieval economics Documents of Pope Boniface VIII