HIST-308 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Unam Sanctam, Pope Boniface Viii, Petrarch
17 Jan 2020
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Papal authority textbook notes: the pope: head of the catholic church who still stands today. They struggled over if the king was allowed to tax the clergy and try them in secular courts. Pope boniface said the king had no right and king philip disagreed and repeatedly limited the money coming from france to rome. Six years later of the same ordeal, pope boniface issued his unam sanctam: one of the strongest written statements of papal powers. A few years later, boniface"s powers became compromised. His successors moved to avignon from rome in france. From 1309 to 1377, the seven successive bishops of rome also did not live in rome. Pressure to resolve the schism came, and pope john created the council of constance (1414-18): haec sancta: also known as sacrosancta, one of the most famous decrees, frequens: the second of the two famous decrees. They formed the institutional basis for a church governance model called conciliarism:
