Volume I of the "History of the Papacy" by the Anglican Lord Bishop of London, Mandell Creighton, deals with the popes, princes, and scholars who dominated the period of the Great Schism. Creighton describes the tumultuous reign of Pope Urban VI, the agitations of the two anti-popes, the efforts to resolve the crisis by the University of Paris, by the mad king of France, and by Wenzel, the alcohol-fuddled Holy Roman Emperor. Eventually, Sigismund deposed his brother, Wenzel, and convened the Council of Constance to resolve the Schism. The author writes that faced with deposition, Pope John XIII, fled the Council, "disguised as a groom, mounted on a sorry nag, covered by a grey cloak...a hat slouched over his face." This first volume concludes with the capture of the fugitive pope and his deposition by the Council of Constance. (Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D.)
Chapters
1 Introduction, Ch. 1: The Rise of Papal Power, Pt. 1 23 min 2 Ch. 1: The Rise of Papal Power, Pt. 2 28 min 3 Ch. 1: The Rise of Papal Power, Pt. 3 26 min 4 Ch. 2: The Popes at Avignon, Pt. 1 31 min 5 Ch. 2: The Popes at Avignon, Pt. 2 31 min 6 Book I. The Great Schism, 1378-1414, Ch. 1: Urban VI, Clement VII, and the Affairs of Naples, 1378-1389, Pt. 1 23 min 7 Bk. I, Ch. 1: Urban VI, Clement VII, and the Affairs of Naples, 1378-1389, Pt. 2 21 min 8 Bk. I, Ch. 1: Urban VI, Clement VII, and the Affairs of Naples, 1378-1389, Pt. 3 23 min 9 Bk. I, Ch. 1: Urban VI, Clement VII, and the Affairs of Naples, 1378-1389, Pt. 4 25 min 10 Bk. I, Ch. 1: Urban VI, Clement VII, and the Affairs of Naples, 1378-1389, Pt. 5 19 min 11 Bk. I, Ch. 2: Clement VII, Boniface IX, Religious Movements in Oxford and Paris, 1389-1394, Pt. 1 28 min 12 Bk. I, Ch. 2: Clement VII, Boniface IX, Religious Movements in Oxford and Paris, 1389-1394, Pt. 2 24 min 13 Bk. I, Ch. 2: Clement VII, Boniface IX, Religious Movements in Oxford and Paris, 1389-1394, Pt. 3 24 min 14 Bk. I, Ch. 2: Clement VII, Boniface IX, Religious Movements in Oxford and Paris, 1389-1394, Pt. 4 22 min 15 Bk. I, Ch. 3: Boniface IX, Benedict XIII, Attempts of France to Heal the Schism, 1394-1404, Pt. 1 24 min 16 Bk. I, Ch. 3: Boniface IX, Benedict XIII, Attempts of France to Heal the Schism, 1394-1404, Pt. 2 24 min 17 Bk. I, Ch. 3: Boniface IX, Benedict XIII, Attempts of France to Heal the Schism, 1394-1404, Pt. 3 22 min 18 Bk. I, Ch. 3: Boniface IX, Benedict XIII, Attempts of France to Heal the Schism, 1394-1404, Pt. 4 22 min 19 Bk. I, Ch. 4: Innocent VII, Benedict XIII, Troubles in Italy and France, 1404-1406 33 min 20 Bk. I, Ch. 5: Gregory XII, Benedict XIII, Negotiations between the Rival Popes, 1406-1409, Pt. 1 23 min 21 Bk. I, Ch. 5: Gregory XII, Benedict XIII, Negotiations between the Rival Popes, 1406-1409, Pt. 2 19 min 22 Bk. I, Ch. 5: Gregory XII, Benedict XIII, Negotiations between the Rival Popes, 1406-1409, Pt. 3 26 min 23 Bk. 1, Ch. 6: The Council of Pisa, 1409, Pt. 1 21 min 24 Bk. 1, Ch. 6: The Council of Pisa, 1409, Pt. 2 22 min 25 Bk. 1, Ch. 6: The Council of Pisa, 1409, Pt. 3 24 min 26 Bk. I, Ch. 7: Alexander V, 1409-1410 22 min 27 Bk. I, Ch. 8: John XXIII, 1410-1414, Pt. 1 23 min 28 Bk. I, Ch. 8: John XXIII, 1410-1414, Pt. 2 20 min 29 Bk. I, Ch. 8: John XXIII, 1410-1414, Pt. 3 24 min 30 Book II: The Council of Constance, 1414-1418, Ch. 1: The Council of Constance and John XXIII, 1414-1415, Pt. 1 21 min 31 Bk. II, Ch. 1: The Council of Constance and John XXIII, 1414-1415, Pt. 2 21 min 32 Bk. II, Ch. 1: The Council of Constance and John XXIII, 1414-1415, Pt. 3 23 min 33 Bk. II, Ch. 2: Deposition of John XXIII, 1415, Pt. 1 23 min 34 Bk. II, Ch. 2: Deposition of John XXIII, 1415, Pt. 2 21 min 35 Bk. II, Ch. 3: Religious Movements in England and Bohemia 31 min
