... papacy to leave Rome upon the election of the new pope. The result was a controversial assembly with cries for a Roman or at least an Italian pope. The man chosen, Urban VI, was not a Roman nor Italian, but a Neapolitan with no experience in policy making. Soon the cardinals realized the mistake that they had made in electing Urban. The majority of cardinals ... and met at Anagni and declared Urban's election null and void because, they alleged, their votes had been made under pressure. They then elected one of their own as Pope Clement VII. For the next three decades the church was div...

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