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Student Number- 344885 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...

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