A Companion to the Great Western Schism (1378-1417)

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-04-16277-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 17, 472 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 923 g

Reihe: Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition

The division of the Church or Schism that took place between 1378 and 1417 had no precedent in Christianity. No conclave since the twelfth century had acted as had those in April and September 1378, electing two concurrent popes. This crisis was neither an issue of the authority claimed by the pope and the Holy Roman Emperor nor an issue of authority and liturgy. The Great Western Schism was unique because it forced upon Christianity a rethinking of the traditional medieval mental frame. It raised question of personality, authority, human fallibility, ecclesiastical jurisdiction and taxation, and in the end responsibility in holding power and authority. This collection presents the broadest range of experiences, center and periphery, clerical and lay, male and female, Christian and Muslim. Theology, including exegesis of Scripture, diplomacy, French literature, reform, art, and finance all receive attention.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Rollo-Koster, Joelle

Izbicki, Thomas M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Introduction: The Great Schism and the Scholarly Record, Joëlle Rollo-Koster and Thomas M. Izbicki
Civil Violence and The Initiation of the Schism, Joëlle Rollo-Koster
Luxury and Extravagance at the Papal Court in Avignon and the Outbreak of the Great Western Schism, Stefan Weiß
Local Experiences of the Great Western Schism, Philip Daileader
The Conceptualization and Imagery of the Great Schism, Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski
Witness to the Schism: The Writings of Honorat Bovet, Michael Hanly
Byzantium, Islam, and the Great Western Schism, Michael A. Ryan
Seeking Legitimacy: Art and Manuscripts for the Popes in Avignon from 1378 to 1417, Cathleen A. Fleck
The Reform Context of the Great Western Schism, Christopher M. Bellitto
Extra ecclesiam salus non est—sed quae ecclesia?: Ecclesiology and Authority in the Later Middle Ages, David Zachariah Flanagin
The Authority of Peter and Paul: The Use of Biblical Authority during the Great Schism, Thomas M. Izbicki
The Council of Constance (1414–18) and the End of the Schism, Philip H. StumpM
Conclusion: The Shadow of the Schism, Thomas M. Izbicki

Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Joëlle Rollo-Koster, Ph.D. (1992) in History, SUNY Binghamton, is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Rhode Island. She has published on the papacy, papal Avignon, and the Great Western Schism, including her most recent Raiding Saint Peter: Empty Sees, Violence, and the Initiation of the Great Western Schism (1378) (Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2008).
Thomas M. Izbicki, Ph.D. (1973) in History, Cornell University, is a Humanities Librarian at Rutgers University. He has published on the late medieval papacy, including Pope Pius II, Cardinal Juan de Torquemada OP, and Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa. His most recent book is Nicholas of Cusa, Writings on Church and Reform (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2008).