Modify the following paragraph to have better coherence:
Eckhart denied competence and authority to the inquisitors and the archbishop, and appealed to the Pope against the verdict. Eckhart in the spring of 1327, set off for Avignon.
Eckhart denied competence and authority to the inquisitors and the archbishop, and appealed to the Pope against the verdict. He then, in the spring of 1327, set off for Avignon.