The Great (Western) Schism (1 ноя 1378 г. – 1 июл 1417 г.)

Описание:

1. People lose faith in Church
• Black Death
• Ppl see the disease as a punishment
from God
• Questioned + lose faith in Church

• Building new cathedrals in Avignon
• Taxed peasants → unhappy

• French monarchs > Pope Clement
• Ppl saw the monarch is powerful
than the Church
• Questioned Church’s power

• The 2 Popes' hostilities

2. Lost faith in church → encourages secularism → reforms (Protestant Reformations)

3. Explain why France (Catholic) has a significant influence over the Roman Catholic Church

4. Create discontent in Northern Europe (Northern Renaissance -- Criticize Christianity)

5. Conciliarism: only a general council could end the Schism and bring changes