What Was One Significant Achievement of the Avignon Popes (1309-1378)

question 14

Multiple Choice

What was one significant achievement of the Avignon popes (1309-1378) ?

• A) They increased the power of the papacy vis-à-vis secular rulers.
• B) They promoted costly new crusades to the Holy Land.
• C) They established a new and efficient organization.
• D) They opened new negotiations with the patriarch in Constantinople.

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