Concept

Western Schism

Overview

split within the Catholic Church from 1378 to 1417, in which bishops in Rome and Avignon both claimed to be the pope, joined by a third line of Pisan popes in 1409

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed Western Schism

• Marsilio Ficino
• Renaissance
• Nicholas of Clamanges

Related ideas

• Ghent
• Gospel
• Holy See
• Middle Ages
• Jean Gerson
• Pope Martin V
• Pisa
• Rome
• Kingdom of France
• Republic of Florence
• Apostolic Palace
• Reformation
• Kingdom of England
• Marseille
• Bishop
• East–West Schism
• Naples
• Republic of Genoa
• Conciliarism
• France
• Catholic Church
• Republic of Venice
• Cardinal (Catholic Church)
• Kingdom of Sicily

Place in the tradition

Part of French philosophy.

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