... demanded the election of an Italian pope. The Cardinals chose an archbishop, who became Pope Urban VI. Pope Urban VI gradually lost the support of many church leaders, which led the French cardinals to elect their own pope, Clement VII. The two popes divided Christian Europe. Pope Urban VI gained support from England, Ireland, the Holy Roman Empire, and Scandinavia. At the same time ... , Pope Clement VII gained support from Spain, France, Sicily, and Scotland (Jordan, 1996, 45). Christian Europe was divided because the ... ...

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... 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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... were relocated to Avignon called the Babylonian Captivity, which reformed and decreased the church's power and prestige at that time. It started when Philip the Fair of France pressured Pope Clement V to settle and live in Avignon (in southeastern France), and due to Clements illness, he was too weak to resist the demand. This relocation of the Pope not only damaged ... to Rome, however when he died shortly thereafter and Roman citizens demanded an Italian pope as his successor. Unanimously, a distinguished administrator, the archbishop of Bari took power as Pope Urban VI (1378-1389). H...

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