Claims to authority from Pope Boniface VIII

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Expansion and Crisis in Europe c.1100-1400

Claims to authority from Pope Boniface VIII

Pope Boniface VII, real name Benedetto Caetani, was born in Anagni at around 1235

and died in 1309. Pope Boniface made his name with his famous quarrels about the

authority and the power of the Pope. Christianity played a major role in life during

the middle ages. It can be argued that the church, during this period was full of

corruption and greed, however, the presence of Christianity bought hope and stability

to the empire politically and socially. Boniface's quarrel was a final climax to a long

argument that carried on throughout the medieval era. The argument, which occurred

through most of the Middle Ages, was: who had more power, the Pope or the King?

Boniface was just repeating claims that had been put forward by previous popes

during a time that the medieval church was in crisis. Previously, however there would

have been no argument as to who held full power. The pope would have had the

privilege