Poets, Saints, and Visionaries of the Great Schism, 1378-1417

by Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski

Book Overview

For almost forty years, from 1378 to 1417, the Western Church was divided into rival camps headed by two--and eventually three--competing popes. The so-called Schism provoked a profound and long-lasting anxiety throughout Europe--an anxiety that reverberated throughout clerical circles and among the ordinary faithful. In Poets, Saints, and Visionaries of the Great Schism, Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski looks beyond the political and ecclesiastical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271058641
• ISBN13: 9780271058641
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"