HIST-338 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Unapologetic, Pope Boniface Viii, Papal Supremacy
24 Nov 2020
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Innocent iii, around 1200, had envisioned a papal monarchy in which the church would be involved in secular affairs as an impartial arbiter: boniface viii, around 1300, rejected the notion of disinterestedness and insisted on the. Church"s right to control whatever it wished to control. His pontificate marked a turning point in the history of the papacy. Much of whatever popular support for the church was generated by his jubilee was undone by his promulgation of two bulls: clericis laicos (1296) and unam sanctam (1302). their implications were considerable. Philip iv of france (1285 1314), known as the fair but, like innocent, a rather bullheaded man, was chronically short of money to pay for his ambitious political schemes decided to raise his income by heavily taxing the french clergy. Boniface responded immediately with his bull, imposed a penalty of excommunication on anyone taxing clerical property without the supreme.
