Views During the Third Period (750-1517 A.D.) (31): The Supremacy of the Pope: The Decline of the Papacy and the Avignon Exile A.D. 1294-1377

The humiliation of Boniface (a certain writer relates that Boniface fell into a rage and, after gnawing his staff and striking his head against the wall, hanged himself) was the long-delayed penalty of the sacerdotal pride of his predecessors and himself. He suffered in part for the hierarchical arrogance of which he was the heir and in part for his own. presumption. The humiliation of Boniface (a certain writer relates that Boniface fell into a rage and, after gnawing his staff and striking...