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Pope Boniface VIII - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1128 words) |
 | Boniface VIII was born in Anagni as Benedetto Caetani. |
| Earlier (I.i), Boniface VIII is also mentioned for his role in sending Charles of Valois to Florence in 1300 to end the feud between the Black and White Guelphs. |
| Boniface was a patron of Giotto di Bondone. |
| Top Literature - Pope Boniface IX (1176 words) |
| Boniface IX saw to it that Ladislas was crowned King of Naples at Gaeta May 29, 1390) and worked with him for the next decade to expel the Angevin forces from southern Italy. |
| In the course of his reign Boniface IX finally extinguished the troublesome independence of the commune of Rome and established temporal control, though it required fortifying not only the Castel Sant'Angelo, but the very bridges, and for long seasons he was forced to reside in more peaceful surroundings, at Assisi or Perugia. |
| Boniface IX was a frank politician, strapped for cash like the other princes of Europe, as the costs of modern warfare rose and supporters needed to be encouraged by gifts, for 14th century government depended upon such personal support as a temporal ruler could gather and retain. |
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