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Avignon Papacy Curial Institutions
The Avignon Papacy refers to the curial administrative and judicial system formed while the papacy resided in Avignon, France, from 1309 to 1377, gre…
Timeline
- 1309Avignon · ProvenceUnder pressure from the Roman Curia and the French crown, Clement V moved the papacy to Avignon; construction of the papal palace began and the core curial institutions relocated with it.
- c. 1310–1320Papal Palace, Avignon · ProvenceIn the 1310s the papal consistory, camera, and curial courts operated institutionally in Avignon, with papal revenues and benefice appointments highly centralized; after John XXII acceded in 1316 the bureaucratic system was further consolidated.
- 1377–1417Avignon and Rome · Western EuropeAfter the papacy returned to Rome in 1377, an antipope remained at Avignon; during the Great Schism curial institutions operated in split form until papal authority was reunified in 1417.
Sources
- Avignon papacy — Encyclopaedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/event/Avignon-papacy
- The Avignon Papacy and the Great Schism — Daniel E. Thiery (2016)