HISB61H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Pope Clement Vi, Pope Urban Vi, Making Money
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Constantinople leaves his lateran palace to the head of the church the pope is sort of stepping into the shoes of the roman emperor. From beginning of 13th century, the historical role of the church was diminished. The cardinals and pope still went to rome and held the ceremonies for their roles but really they really didn"t have total control anymore, they just ruled over some principalities around the city. Rome became a center of legal discussion, becoming a bureaucratic center: led to development of a code of law, needed finances to run all of this. Members of the church went to study law at the universities before becoming pope. St. peter"s pence money that had to be given to the church, from the bishops to the. The bishops then taxed their peoples: the church became quite wealthy, roman and gothic churches were extremely decorated = a lot of money needed.
