This thesis strives to present a small part of this huge and complex topic by analyzing one of the most interesting aspects of Sigismund’s pledging policy, namely, pldeges of the towns.
My kingdom in pledge : King Sigismund of Luxemburg’s town pledging policy, case studies of Segesd and Bartfa
January 13, 2013 By
Cum Status Ecclesie Noster Sit: Florence and the Council of Pisa (1409)
September 24, 2012 By
Of all the divisions and crises that the Catholic church endured in its first fifteen hundred years of existence, none was so destructive as the Great Schism (1378-1417)
The Myth of Parisian Scholars’ Opposition to the System of Papal Provision (1378–1418)
February 20, 2012 By
It is clear, however, that Parisian scholars did repeatedly and vehe- mently call for the suppression of Benedict XIII’s powers of papal provision. They advocated this policy as early as 1395.
The monastic response to Papal reform: Summi Magistri and it reception
December 4, 2011 By
This is a question which has dogged the history of the interaction between Rome and the Black monks, and it brings a second question in its wake – what were the medieval Popes trying to do with monasticism?
The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople
November 22, 2011 By
Jonathan Phillips sees one of the most notorious events in European history as a typical ‘clash of cultures’
Conquest, Crusade and Pilgrimage: The Alliterative Morte Arthure in its Late Ricardian Crusading Context
March 9, 2011 By
Conquest, Crusade and Pilgrimage: The Alliterative Morte Arthure in its Late Ricardian Crusading Context Nievergelt, Marco Arthuriana 20.2 (2010) Abstract This article explores the poem’s problematic use of holy war rhetoric, arguing for an engagement with contemporary debates on the transformation, revival and decline of the crusading ideal within the framework of the Papal Schism […]
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