Universities, Academics and the Great Schism
John E. Weakland|R. N. Swanson
The election of both Urban VI and Clement VII to the papacy in 1378, by same body cardinals, presented church with an apparently insoluble constitutional difficulty. Dr Swanson examines reaction this situation from a hitherto unconsidered perspective: that universities whom Europe turned formulate theories which would solve problem. He attempts academics gain support for their various schemes shows how these produced conflict at levels: locally, between factions within individual universities; nationally, rival universities, ecclesiastical secular superiors; internationally, as adopted mutually exclusive attitudes sometimnes clashed own popes. concluding chapters show finally devised conciliarist formula led convocation Council Pisa 1409.
The American Historical Review