The papal residence at Avignon was related to
A) an attempt to live an austere life, removed from the luxury of Rome.
B) a temporary residence set up at the French frontier.
C) an attempt to resolve the Hundred Years' War.
D) a reform movement encouraged by bishops and cardinals.
E) the pope's attempt to challenge the French King Philip.

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The papal residence at Avignon was a temporary residence set up at the French frontier. In 1309, Pope Clement V moved the papacy to Avignon, which was then part of the Kingdom of Arles, to escape the political conflicts and violence in Rome. The papacy remained in Avignon for 67 years, until the Great Schism of 1378.

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