HIST-308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Western Schism, Devotio Moderna, Jean Gerson
7 Mar 2020
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By the time we reach the early 15th century, the hre sigismund of house luxembourg seemed much more powerful than popes. He who strongly suggested to the cardinals a need for a new council: aside on sigismund. As a side note, sigismund actually held many titles throughout his life and was not an uncontested hre until old age. Before then though, he did claim to be king of the bohemians, hungarians, germans and even the romans: super grammaticam. According to one account, when on cleric corrected sigismund"s misuse of latin grammar, he replied: "i am king of the romans, i am above latin grammar. : council of constance. In 1417, this council of constance would end the great western schism by selecting yet another pope, martin v. The other popes either resigned or were unseated, leaving only one pope for the rest of the.
