Earth papacy

The read of a French book Les popes de Avignon 1305-1378, has given to me a motive for this essay; today it isn’t because we have got down on earth planet and inasmuch we have left the suggestions and tyhe impression regard the holyness of Vatican, that has said actual pope Leon 14th, not be mixt to the Church; but during the Middle Age this difference aren’t, and the Church was a strong power, that worked also for particular interest, or political interest; died pope Bonifacio 8th (1294-1303) in Perusia, a Italian city was the conclave that voted pope Clemente V (1305-1314); but the political context was very difficult, because the conflicts between the Church and the French were very strong, and the tries of French of external his influence on the papacy was very strong and the disastrous, because a pope as Bonifacium 8th was very upholder of predominance of Church on the laic power, whereby every tries of Philipp 4th, king of France was useless, until the slap of Anagni, a city in Italy, when Sciarra Colonna humiliated through this gest the pope; after it the new conclave in fact chosen a French pope, Clements 5th that after his election didn’t transferred to Rome but he wanted stay in French, where the papal seat was transferred and for 72 years the papacy was alone French pope hasn’t cure for this, the merchants instead gone to Avignon because the business was very rich, and Rome was a very desert and disaster, an example: for to change home was sufficient go out from his home and entered in other; anyway in papal history the 18th July  in year 1304 the conclave is opened in Perusia, and the meeting was radically divided between the Italian cardinals and French, the first were more numerous and they wanted the attempt of humiliation of Anagni; this book didn’t explained why this will, it was certainly an important humiliation, but the revenge was very useless, apparently, but we can interpreter this strategy: the interpretation is very easy. The papacy has understood that the power of French could influencer on Rome and the Church, and the power of Church would be transferred to French, and it is is occurred; the Italian cardinals have understood it and the excuses fro the Anagni slap was alone a formal condition for to try that the papacy was in Rome again; but we can also understand that the election of a French pope, was already decided, because the worries of the Italian cardinals, and the will of excuses for the slap are the clear manifestation, and above all that the papacy has had major number a Italian cardinals, but they known that it was useless, because then the French was powerful too, and it says also the power of Church was ending, and the policy by now was dominant; in fact a cardinal Napoleone Orsini leaded the French faction and he wanted also the rehabilitation of two foes of pope Caetani, this is two cardinal from the family Colonna, dismiss from their cardinalities, and very near to Philipp 4th of French. The pope is going to be French because the French was very strong; hence the Church have to approached its to a strong foe, that could give harm to it, Clemens 5th was the evident example; in fact after the election didn’t occurred other French popes. The tell evidences finally also the political strategy: “The tiara( this is the papal election) was ensured to archbishop of Bordeaux for six promises: reconcile to the Church the king of French without restriction…”, it is was the fundamental motive, because the French never would accepted to govern of a excommunicated, hence the riots and revolts would be ordinary questions and a reign have left very much, because above all other states would get profit for the attack, a nation with disorder is very weak, inasmuch easy interest so other states. But above all other questions were important: “…condemn the memory of Bonifacium pop, rehabilitation of Colonna cardinals and to voted cardinals that were very near to French.”; it is the strategy of cardinals friends of French, that had understood that the time of predominance of Italy was ended, now the laic states had the power. And that the French was a powerful nation is attested for the choose of a French cardinal, in a conclave that was for the 90% Italian; it is a political choose, certainly and we have seen until now; but I want dress that although the conclave was Italian absolutely, a laic state, as the French had a powerful very relevant in the European policy; other Italian cardinal could be chosen, but a French because the power was in that nation. But the author has also made a error that is normal in year 1912, when this book was printed, he in fact hinted to the condemn of Templar knights, that occurred never, as Barbara Frale, Italian historical woman has attested, because she has published the parchment of absolution; but this book, The Templars, was published in 2004; politically the condemn would not be been anyway, because the pope, then, was French hence he could took the very great richness of the Templar knight, the French pope and therefore the French. But the nationalism emerges from a modest episodes; after the death of pope Clemens 5th the conclave has stopped for two years: “The saint seat was without pope for two years…”; we can think that it was alone a rethink of cardinal, and it is humanly comprehensible , or better psychologically more comprehensible, because the dread was past, and by now the cardinals have recognize that the French wasn’t a danger, why? Simple because Philipp 4th was died in same year of pope Clement 5th, thence the France didn’t scare because the king Philip was died, inasmuch, we can hypothesize that the Italian cardinals wanted the seat of Church gone back to Rome, because the discordance evidently about the new pope were very radical, also because it was the last possibility, for the Italian cardinals, for to elect a Italian pope, because they known perfectly that a French pope is going to elect alone the French cardinals for the assure to the France the power of Church, because they are going to elect other French pope. Avignon, which during the Roman peace was of small importance compared with Arles and Vienne and other commercial centers of Provence, emerges during the barbaric wars into some prominence by reason of its military strength ;      

 Alessandro Lusana