The First Jubilee

BonifaceVIII and the First Jubilee

How did this tradition of Papal Jubilees start in the Middle Ages?

Boniface VIII and Philip IV: Conflict Between Church and State

Pope Boniface VIII

During the middle ages there were conflicts between church and state. From 1294-1303 Boniface VIII and Philip the IV, king of France had such an issue.

The attempted trial of Boniface VIII for heresy

Boniface VIII by Giotto

How do you accuse a sitting Pope of being a heretic?

The idea of paradigm in church history: the notion of papal monarchy in the thirteenth century, from Innocent III to Boniface VIII

Innocent III

The three works of medieval history most clearly connected with the paradigm concept are Willemien Otten,’s From Paradise to Paradigm: A Study of Twelfth- Century Humanism and the essay collections Paradigms in Medieval Thought Applications and Medieval Paradigms.

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