The Making of Europe:

400-1500
Week 10: Consiliarism and the late medieval Papacy

Jan Hus at the Council of Constance, 1415. Václav Brožík

Housekeeping…

Submission dates for primary source commentaries (1000 words each)

1. Assessed Primary Source Commentary 1 (15%): Wednesday 7 March, 12 Noon (week 6)

2. Assessed Primary Source Commentary 2 (35%): Wednesday 25 April, 12 Noon (week 10)

My contact details:
 Isaac.Boothroyd@Manchester.ac.uk
 Office hour: Wednesday 1-2pm, Sam Alex S2.29
 Seminar Aims:
- To think about conciliarism’s ideological roots: how far back do they go,
and where do they come from?
 
- To consider the Papacy in the Great Schism & conciliarism in action: what
did it do, and what criticisms did it address?
 
- To look at the post Schism Popes: did conciliairsm change their behaviour,
and was it successful?
The roots of conciliarism

. What are the criticisms Marsilius

makes of the Church and Pope(s)?

. Where does he get these ideas

from?

. What’s the Church’s response?

. The roots of Conciliarism?

Marsilius of Padua
The Great Schism & Conciliarism in action
. What are Wycliff’s views on
the Church, and vice versa?

. How similar is the situation to

Marsilius of Padua?

. Does Gregory act in a similar

way to earlier Popes?

. More widely, how do Church

councils attempt to affect
change in the schism?

Pope Gregory XI John Wycliff

The post-schism Papacy

. How far is the Pope’s power curtailed

after the Great Schism?

. Was conciliarism a successful movement?

What did it achieve?

Pope Martin V