Conciliar Diplomacy at the Council of Constance (1414-1418): Unity and Peacemaking in a World Historical Perspective (Studies in the History of Christian Traditions)

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Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Tables
Introduction
	1 Framework 1: The Schism
	2 Framework 2: Earlier Attempts to End the Schism
	3 Framework 3: The History of Councils
	4 Framework 4: World History
	5 Frameworks 5, 6, and 7: Diplomatic History, International Relations, and Cultural History
	6 Framework 8: Space and Time
	7 Framework 9: Dynastic History
Chapter 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 (See Table 1.1)
	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
Chapter 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
Chapter 3 Papal Abdications
	1 The Gregorian Obedience
	2 The Negotiations Leading to the Decree
	3 Session 14
Chapter 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
Chapter 5 The Iberians and the Council in 1416
	1 Continued Synergistic Diplomacy of the Council with Sigismund, Fernando, and Alfonso
	2 Portugal’s Interaction with the Council
	3 Aragonese Interaction with the Council
	4 The Portuguese Protest
	5 Conciliar Diplomacy with Castile
Chapter 6 Cherchez la femme
	1 Visionaries and Poets
	2 Women in the Synergistic Conciliar Diplomacy
	3 Women as Queens
Chapter 7 Follow the Money
	1 Financing of Conciliar Participants and the Council Itself
	2 Taxation of the Clergy
	3 The Financial Embarrassment of Alfonso and Sigismund
	4 The Council’s Reforms of Clerical Taxation
Chapter 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 Maciá des Puig’s Account of the Events of August and September 1417
Bibliography
Index
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