Rome and the Great Western Schism, 1378-1417
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A01=Anni Hella
A01=Kirsi Salonen
A01=Marika Rasanen
A01=Reima Valimaki
A01=Teemu Immonen
Author_Anni Hella
Author_Kirsi Salonen
Author_Marika Rasanen
Author_Reima Valimaki
Author_Teemu Immonen
Avignon papacy
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Catholic Church history
church governance
curia
ecclesiastical politics
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forthcoming
lay devotion
medieval Rome
monastic orders
papal schism
religious conflict
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- ISBN 9781914049392
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 22 Sep 2026
- Publisher: York Medieval Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The first comprehensive study of the Roman papacy during the Great Western Schism.
The Great Western Schism (1378-1417) stands as one of the most profound ruptures in the history of the medieval Catholic Church, a crisis that fractured Christendom. This book offers the first comprehensive study of the Roman papacy during this era, a perspective often neglected in existing scholarship. Bringing together political, administrative and religious history, it serves both as an introduction to the Schism and as a detailed study of papal governance in Rome. It explores how the Roman curia, monastic houses and ecclesiastical institutions navigated decades of uncertainty, and how lay devotion in the Eternal City adapted to prolonged turmoil.
Challenging the notion that the Roman popes pursued a clear strategy, this book argues that their actions were shaped by pragmatic, often improvised responses to shifting political and ecclesiastical situations; but that despite these constraints, the Roman papal administration proved remarkably resilient in reconstituting itself after 1378, providing those who had remained loyal with opportunities to advance their ecclesiastical careers.
KIRSI SALONEN is a professor of medieval history at the University of Bergen. REIMA VÄLIMÄKI is an Academy Research Fellow at the University of Turku. TEEMU IMMONEN is a senior researcher at the University of Turku. MARIKA RÄSÄNEN is a senior lecturer in premodern history at the University of Turku. ANNI HELLA is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Turku.
