In late 1433, after two years of intrigue and negotiations, Pope Eugenius IV agreed to acknowledg... more In late 1433, after two years of intrigue and negotiations, Pope Eugenius IV agreed to acknowledge the legitimate existence of the Council of Basel. The recently crowned Emperor Sigismund had gone to Basel, and numberous clerics, including many cardinals, had abandoned the curia for the council. An obstreperous duke of Milan threatened the papal states “in the name of the holy synod,” and in May 1434 the populace of Rome rebelled, foreing the pope to flee down the Tiber.
The Great Schism or Triple Schism has a long record of historiographic opinions, many tied to con... more The Great Schism or Triple Schism has a long record of historiographic opinions, many tied to confessional suppositions. This introductory chapter provides an overview of discussions presented in the various chapters of this book. The time covered extends past the early years of the Schism to its termination at Constance. The broadest range of experiences is presented, center and periphery, clerical and lay, male and female, Christian and Muslim. The depth of the pain caused by the Schism, sundering the cherished unity of Christendom, is revealed. So too is the creativity that went first into defending a claim to the papacy and then to solving the problems that these claims had caused at every level of western European society. These are not the last words on the Great Schism, but they are contributions to the debates resulting from taking a broader view than just choosing between Rome, Avignon, and Pisa. Keywords: French literature; historiography; Triple Schism
... concordantia catholica and the Letter to Rodrigo San-chez de Arevalo, which discusses the Chu... more ... concordantia catholica and the Letter to Rodrigo San-chez de Arevalo, which discusses the Church in light of the Cusan idea of "learned ignorance." Thomas M. Izbicki is Humanities Librarian, Archibald S. Alexander Library at ... The blame for the remaining blemishes is my own. ...
In late 1433, after two years of intrigue and negotiations, Pope Eugenius IV agreed to acknowledg... more In late 1433, after two years of intrigue and negotiations, Pope Eugenius IV agreed to acknowledge the legitimate existence of the Council of Basel. The recently crowned Emperor Sigismund had gone to Basel, and numberous clerics, including many cardinals, had abandoned the curia for the council. An obstreperous duke of Milan threatened the papal states “in the name of the holy synod,” and in May 1434 the populace of Rome rebelled, foreing the pope to flee down the Tiber.
The Great Schism or Triple Schism has a long record of historiographic opinions, many tied to con... more The Great Schism or Triple Schism has a long record of historiographic opinions, many tied to confessional suppositions. This introductory chapter provides an overview of discussions presented in the various chapters of this book. The time covered extends past the early years of the Schism to its termination at Constance. The broadest range of experiences is presented, center and periphery, clerical and lay, male and female, Christian and Muslim. The depth of the pain caused by the Schism, sundering the cherished unity of Christendom, is revealed. So too is the creativity that went first into defending a claim to the papacy and then to solving the problems that these claims had caused at every level of western European society. These are not the last words on the Great Schism, but they are contributions to the debates resulting from taking a broader view than just choosing between Rome, Avignon, and Pisa. Keywords: French literature; historiography; Triple Schism
... concordantia catholica and the Letter to Rodrigo San-chez de Arevalo, which discusses the Chu... more ... concordantia catholica and the Letter to Rodrigo San-chez de Arevalo, which discusses the Church in light of the Cusan idea of "learned ignorance." Thomas M. Izbicki is Humanities Librarian, Archibald S. Alexander Library at ... The blame for the remaining blemishes is my own. ...
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