Conciliar Diplomacy at the Council of Constance (1414–1418) : : Unity and Peacemaking in a World Historical Perspective / / Phillip H. Stump.

• Superior document: Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2024
• VerfasserIn: Stump, Phillip H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2024.; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2024.; Studies in the History of Christian Traditions ; 207
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (313 pages)

This book re-tells the story of how the Council of Constance ended the greatest Schism in Western Christendom. Using a nuanced and critical analysis of the primary sources, it reframes this drama with the Council itself as the principal actor. The Council performed its own legitimacy and its unity through a process of consensual decision-making and by conducting its own, previously little noticed, diplomacy. It succeeded where previous attempts to end the Schism had failed through its collective.

Table of Contents

Preface -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- 1 From Pisa to Constance -- 1 The Council of Pisa (1409) -- 2 Between Pisa and Constance -- 3 The Convocation of the Council of Constance -- 4 The Council Begins -- 5 The Pivot of Pierre d’Ailly -- 6 Sigismund’s Arrival -- 7 Expanded Participation and the New Emerging Consensus -- 8 The Decision to Vote by Nations -- 2 The Pivot to Conciliar Governance -- 1 John xxiii ’s Flight and the Conciliar Response -- 2 The Organization by Geographical Conciliar Nations -- 3 The Synergy of Sigismund and the Conciliar Nations -- 4 Conciliar Diplomacy at Work -- 3 Papal Abdications -- 1 And Then There Were Two -- 1.1 The Gregorian Obedience -- 2 The Negotiations Leading to the Decree -- 3 Session 14 -- 4 The Perpignan Negotiations  The High-Water Mark of Conciliar Diplomacy -- 1 The Conciliar Envoys -- 2 The Road to Perpignan -- 3 The Perpignan Negotiations -- 4 The Reports of Gélu and John of Wells -- 5 The Implementation of the cn -- 6 Excursus: The Development of the Iberian Kingdoms as Relevant to the Ending of the Schism -- 5 The Iberians and the Council in 1416 -- 1 Portugal’s Interaction with the Council -- 2 Aragonese Interaction with the Council -- 3 The Potuguese Protest -- 4 Conciliar Diplomacy with Castile -- 6 Cherchez la femme -- 1 Visionaries and Poets -- 2 Women in the Synergistic Conciliar Diplomacy -- 3 Women as Queens -- 7 Follow the Money -- 1 Financing of Conciliar Participants and the Council Itself -- 2 Taxation of the Cergy -- 3 The Financial Embarrassment of Alfonso and Sigismund -- 4 The Council’s Reforms of Clerical Taxation -- 8 Dénouement -- 1 The Historiography of 1417 -- 2 The Continued Machinations of Benedict xiii -- 3 The Council Summons Benedict to Appear for Trial -- 4 Sigismund’s Return -- 5 Discord at the Council -- 6 Secrecy -- 7 The Arrival of the Castilians -- 8 The Cardinals -- 9 The Debate Concerning the Election -- 10 The Beginning of the Re-alignment -- 11 The Pisan Cardinals Parry -- 12 The Struggle over the Aragonese Additional Votes -- 13 The Breach and the Reconciliation -- 14 The Final Consensus -- 15 Unity Regained -- Credits -- Epilogue  The Rest of the Story -- Conclusion “Just Us” and Justice -- Appendix 1 The Primary Sources -- Appendix 2 The Salamanca Manuscript -- Appendix 3 Matiá des Puig’s Account of the Events of August and September 1417 -- Bibliography -- Index.