Clement VII Papacy (sep 20, 1378 – sep 16, 1394)

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URBAN VI: good intentions for church reform, bad execution |
Attacked clerical luxury, calling out indiv cardinals + bishops [hierarchy: pope → cardinals → archbishops → bishops → priests → catholics) by name, even threatened to excommunicate some | Urban VI is audi… sort of. Great Schism begins| Ousted cardinals sneaked to Anagni (right outside Rome) to spill tea; declared his election invalid b/c came about under threats from Roman mob → excommunicated him | Cardinals elected Cardinal Robert of Geneva (cousin of King Charles V of France) who took his place as pope in Avignon as CLEMENT VII → urban vi stayed in rome, so 2 popes at once

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