Avignon, an ancient city of about 90,000 people about 430 miles south of Paris, gained considerable importance in the 14th century, when Pope Clement V moved there from Rome and built his palace ...
In a letter to the Avignon pope in 1406, Glyndwr demanded that the clergy of Wales "should know our language". However, by 1415 Glyndwr had vanished into the mists of history, leaving the Welsh ...
It was one of three letters sent to the Pope in Avignon, the other two being from King Robert Bruce himself and from four Scottish bishops, attempting to abate papal hostility. The document ...