captivity" of the Papacy (cf. Italian cattività avignonese, i.e. "Avignonese captivity"). A total of seven popes reigned at Avignon, all French, and all under...

Avignon (/ˈævɪnjɒ̃/, US also /ˌævɪnˈjoʊn/, French: [aviɲɔ̃] ; Provençal: Avinhon (Classical norm) or Avignoun (Mistralian norm), IPA: [aviˈɲun]; Latin:...

Avignon University (French: Avignon Université; formerly known as Université d’Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse) is a public university located in Avignon...

The following is a history of Avignon, France. The site of Avignon has been occupied since the Neolithic period as shown by excavations at Rocher des Doms...

Papes (English: Palace of the Popes; lo Palais dei Papas in Occitan) in Avignon, Southern France, is one of the largest and most important medieval Gothic...

the club in 2012 after a five-year stint in Italy. In France, it was commonplace to describe Arles-Avignon as an overachieving club primarily due to succeeding...

December 1370 to his death, in March 1378. He was the seventh and last Avignon pope and the most recent French pope recognized by the modern Catholic...

gallery in Avignon, southern France. It opened in 1976 and has an exceptional collection of "primitives" and early Renaissance paintings from Italy, which...

pope and return the papacy to Avignon. Consequently, they rioted and laid siege to the cardinals, insisting on an Italian pope. The conclave duly elected...

Pope Urban VI (Latin: Urbanus VI; Italian: Urbano VI; c. 1318 – 15 October 1389), born Bartolomeo Prignano (Italian pronunciation: [bartoloˈmɛːo priɲˈɲaːno])...

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (The Young Ladies of Avignon, originally titled The Brothel of Avignon) is a large oil painting created in 1907 by the Spanish...

by birth, Clement moved the Papacy from Rome to Avignon, ushering in the period known as the Avignon Papacy. Raymond Bertrand was born in Vilandraut,...

PAY-pəl; Italian: Stato Pontificio; Latin: Dicio Pontificia), officially the State of the Church, were a conglomeration of territories on the Italian peninsula...

and spices and the products of the eastern Mediterranean. Tarascon and Avignon on the Rhône became important trading ports. During the 12th century some...

a timeline of the history of the city of Avignon in southern France. 4th–5th century AD - Diocese of Avignon established. 500 - Frankish regulus, Clovis...

cardinals who opposed Pope Urban VI and was the first antipope residing in Avignon, France. His election led to the Western Schism. The son of Amadeus III...

found in Italian art, and was developed by Simone Martini a century earlier. The painting has the same plain gold background as the Avignon Pietà, which...

Provence also held lordship over Avignon. The latter was an autonomous city, governed by a podestà and consuls on the Italian model. It was wealthy, possessing...

city of Avignon, where the bankers settled, became known simply as the Exchange. According to de Roover, "Avignon can be considered an Italian colony,...

Martini (c. 1284 – July 1344) was an Italian painter born in Siena. He was a major figure in the development of early Italian painting and greatly influenced...

Western Schism. In this time, the Avignon claimants, Clement VII and Benedict XIII, maintained the Roman Curia in Avignon, under the protection of the French...

mid-19th century, Italian unification, led by the House of Savoy, led to the establishment of an Italian nation-state. The new Kingdom of Italy quickly modernized...

Church from 30 December 1334 to his death, in April 1342. He was the third Avignon pope and reformed monastic orders and opposed nepotism. Unable to remove...

The walls of Avignon (French: Les Remparts d'Avignon) are a series of defensive stone walls that surround the city of Avignon in the south of France. They...

Pope Gregory XI and a coalition of Italian city-states led by Florence that contributed to the end of the Avignon Papacy. The causes of the war were rooted...

1333) was an antipope in Italy from 12 May 1328 to 25 July 1330 during the pontificate of Pope John XXII (1316–1334) at Avignon. He was the last antipope...

The Italian Renaissance (Italian: Rinascimento [rinaʃʃiˈmento]) was a period in Italian history between the 14th and 16th centuries. The period is known...

Villeneuve-lès-Avignon (French pronunciation: [vil'nœv lez‿avi'ɲɔ̃]; Provençal: Vilanòva d’Avinhon) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France...

confiscated. Freed in 1371 or 1372, he left Cyprus to serve the Papacy in Avignon. In 1372 or 1373, Kalopheros contracted his third marriage to Lucie, daughter...

significant control over Italy. This war had meant that the independence of several Italian states had ended and that most of the Italian Peninsula would be...