Why is the Western Schism is relatively unknown?
>>2593758
Well shit I fucked up the grammar there. But still you get what I'm asking.
Because in the end there was a reconciliation, thankfully.
>>2593758
What was it?
>>2593780
English, Germans and Italians accused the pope and cardinals at Avignon of being the tools of the French monarchy, and pious Christians called the Avignon papacy the Babylonian Captivity.
>>2593758
Was this one of the times when there were 3 or more popes?
Btw, is there a Mike Duncan like podcast about the history of the papacy?
>>2594033
There is, but the podcaster is awful. His voice is so bad
>>2594033
>Was this one of the times when there were 3 or more popes?
Why yes, the Council of Pisa tried to fix it, but instead it just created another contender in Pisa, thus fracturing Western Europe further.