<P> The Avignon Papacy was the period from 1309 to 1376 during which seven successive popes resided in Avignon ( then in the Kingdom of Arles , part of the Holy Roman Empire , now in 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 Philip IV of France . Following the further death of Pope Benedict XI , Philip forced a deadlocked conclave to elect the French Clement V , as Pope in 1305 . </P>
<P> The Avignon Papacy was the period from 1309 to 1376 during which seven successive popes resided in Avignon ( then in the Kingdom of Arles , part of the Holy Roman Empire , now in 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 Philip IV of France . Following the further death of Pope Benedict XI , Philip forced a deadlocked conclave to elect the French Clement V , as Pope in 1305 . </P>
where did the pope and his court move in 1309
where did the pope and his court move in 1309
Avignon ( then in the Kingdom of Arles , part of the Holy Roman Empire , now in France )
Avignon ( then in the Kingdom of Arles , part of the Holy Roman Empire , now in France )