In 1305, after several months of struggle, the Frenchman Bertrand de Gaus, who took the name of Clement V, was elevated to the papal throne. This Pope was obedient to Philip in everything. He fully justified his position in the conflict with Boniface, removed the excommunication from the king, but refused to fulfill Philip's demand to condemn the deceased for heresy and unnatural vices and execute him posthumously - to dig up the corpse and burn it. At the request of Philip in 1308, Clement V transferred the papal throne from Rome to Avignon, which was then in the territory not directly subject to the French king, but which was in his sphere of influence. Thus began the "Avignon Captivity of the Popes" (see article "Papacy"), when the Roman pontiffs turned into French court bishops. The power of the French crown over the Catholic Church became almost absolute, which was manifested, in particular, in the trial of the Knights Templar (see Art. "Orders of Knights"). They were accused of heresy, unnatural vices, acquisitiveness and an alliance with Muslims, moreover, testimony was obtained with the help of cruel torture, and the evidence received by the same investigator from different people who did not know each other sometimes coincided verbatim.

In 1308, Philip again convened the Estates General, which approved the king's actions against the templars. A wave of trials swept through France; Pope Clement V timidly tried to protest, 1 but in the end approved all the charges against the Templars, recognized their executions as legal, and in 1311 abolished the order.

Having dealt with the Templars, Philip again turned his gaze towards Flanders, where anti-French forces again became more active. The king decided on a new campaign and, due to lack of funds, convened for the third time on August 1, 1314, the Estates General, this time to approve an emergency tax that would provide funds for waging war with Flanders. It was from this time that the States General began to influence the financial affairs of the country. However, the campaign did not take place - on November 20, 1314, Philip died, most likely from a stroke. But, since Pope Clement V and Chancellor Nogaret died shortly before the king, condemning the Templars to martyrdom, the rumor explained Philip's death by their curse or poisoning committed by the Templars, who were avenging their brothers.

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