The man chosen, Urban VI, was not a Roman nor Italian, but a Neapolitan with no experience in policy making. ... They then elected one of their own as Pope Clement VII. For the next three decades the church was divided along national, political, and religious lines between the papal claimants - the Roman line of Urban VI, Boniface IX, Innocent VII, and Gregory XII, and the Avignon line of Clement VII and Benedict XIII. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Pope Clement VI's "luxurious court and gorgeous retinue were those of a secular prince, not a prince of the church- (Kelly 220). ... Alexander VI created eighty previously non-existent offices, each going for a price of about 19,000 dollars apiece (Durant 19). ... Alexander VI fathered several illegitimate children, four of which were those children of his friend, whom he provided with benefices and spectacular marriages. ...

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Pope Clement VI's "luxurious court and gorgeous retinue were those of a secular prince, not a prince of the church- (Kelly 220). ... Alexander VI created eighty previously non-existent offices, each going for a price of about 19,000 dollars apiece (Durant 19). ... Alexander VI fathered several illegitimate children, four of which were those children of his friend, whom he provided with benefices and spectacular marriages. ...

• Word Count: 1267
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School