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Young Priest's Avignon Start
- A young, newly ordained priest named Nefu began his career at the papal financial administration in 1355 Avignon.
- He found comfort working alongside relatives in a notoriously corrupt yet crucial Church institution.
Church's Dual Nature in Late Middle Ages
- The late Middle Ages Church was both a golden age of faith and a time of institutional crisis.
- This period stood between the High Middle Ages' glory and the approaching Protestant Reformation.
Church's Apex and Decline
- By the late 13th century, the medieval Church was an immense organization with vast authority.
- Yet rising secular states started reclaiming power, diminishing papal supremacy gradually.