Pedro de Luna
 

Outline:

A.  Europe chooses sides between Rome and Avignon

B.  Cardinal D’Ailly questions the role of the Papacy

C.  The siege of Avignon and the escape of Pedro de Luna

D.  The “Council of Pisa”

E.  De Luna in Spain; attempted assassination

 

Questions to Consider:

1.  How does the Great Schism open the question of papal authority in the Church?

2.  Why was the French king unable to solve the problem of the great schism?

3.  Why did Pedro de Luna believe that he was the legitimate pope?

4.  Why could the independent cardinals not legitimately call the Council of Pisa?

5.  How did the Great Schism end?