The Western Schism was a divide in the Catholic Church from the years 1378 to 1417. This divided caused three people to be the Pope at the same time in 1409. Not to be confused with the Great Schism in 1054 which created the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. This division created tension in Europe as different countries supported different Popes. The divide happened because Pope Clement V moved to Avignon, a town in East France, in the early 1300s. Allowing the French king more control over the Paple Court. This had a great effect on the society and people of France as now the king had more power in Europe than before. The next six popes were French , which annoyed the English and Italians as the Pope was under the French kings control.
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The schism finally ended in 1417 when all the Popes were disposed, by the Council of Pisa, and Martin V became Pope and was moved to Rome. This image represents the announcement of a new Pope, the ‘Habemus Papam’ was created at the end of the schism to present Martin V as the only Pope. This is reliable as it shows the unity of the Church under one Pope for the first time in around 40 years. It is unreliable however as you have to know what it is about to understand it, which could lead to misinterpretation. Broderick comments on the fact that “Unity was finally restored without a definitive solution to the question” , alluding to the fact the solution was to dispose all the other Popes, although others disagree and claim that was the right course of action as anything else could have made the situation worse. By disposing of all the other Popes, the Council of Pisa could start again with their Pope elections and avoid conflict between the European powers. Europe was split in half during the Schism, with those supporting the Pope in Rome and those with the Pope in …show more content…
The economy of France rose briefly at the start due to the taxes the King put on the Pope, this was lost however when the Pope moved back to Rome. Apart from giving the crown more power, the Schism did not affect society that much as people at the time followed which Pope the king followed , many people did not also truly understand the religion they followed apart from what their priests and king told them. This means that where the Pope sat and held court did not affect the lower classes. It did however mean that more people lost faith in the Pope leading on to the Protestant Reformation as unrest was caused among the people who saw the Pope as nothing but a pawn and having no real connection to God. The Western schism did not have that great effect on French society in the 14th Century, as it was manly about religion, although the society many have been affected somewhat with the power play which was happening. It did drive more of a wedge between France and England but had little effect on the people
The schism finally ended in 1417 when all the Popes were disposed, by the Council of Pisa, and Martin V became Pope and was moved to Rome. This image represents the announcement of a new Pope, the ‘Habemus Papam’ was created at the end of the schism to present Martin V as the only Pope. This is reliable as it shows the unity of the Church under one Pope for the first time in around 40 years. It is unreliable however as you have to know what it is about to understand it, which could lead to misinterpretation. Broderick comments on the fact that “Unity was finally restored without a definitive solution to the question” , alluding to the fact the solution was to dispose all the other Popes, although others disagree and claim that was the right course of action as anything else could have made the situation worse. By disposing of all the other Popes, the Council of Pisa could start again with their Pope elections and avoid conflict between the European powers. Europe was split in half during the Schism, with those supporting the Pope in Rome and those with the Pope in …show more content…
The economy of France rose briefly at the start due to the taxes the King put on the Pope, this was lost however when the Pope moved back to Rome. Apart from giving the crown more power, the Schism did not affect society that much as people at the time followed which Pope the king followed , many people did not also truly understand the religion they followed apart from what their priests and king told them. This means that where the Pope sat and held court did not affect the lower classes. It did however mean that more people lost faith in the Pope leading on to the Protestant Reformation as unrest was caused among the people who saw the Pope as nothing but a pawn and having no real connection to God. The Western schism did not have that great effect on French society in the 14th Century, as it was manly about religion, although the society many have been affected somewhat with the power play which was happening. It did drive more of a wedge between France and England but had little effect on the people