The Great Schism

1. The Great Schism By: Peter Feely and Hao Chen

2. Cause Babylonian Captivity- Papacy moved in 1309 to Avignon. Avignon was just outside Frenchterritoryand on the Rhone river. Phillip the Fair (King of France) had much influence over the pope. 1377- Pope Gregory XI returned the papacy to Rome. The French didn't like the Italian pope that replaced Gregory XI after he died. French resulted in electing another pope. This double pope dilemma resulted in the division of Western Europe over which pope to support.

3. Story of the Great Schism France,Sicily,Scotland,Castile, Aragon, and Portugalsupported the Avignon pope. Rome, Flanders, Poland, Hungary, and Germanysupported the Roman pope. There was constant rivalry between then. Because of this, some people were clueless of which to support while others took advantage to build alliances. Papal offices finally lost authority because of the vicious acts of biased supporters.

4. Impact on Medieval Europe There was religious chaos in Europe. Politically divided Western Europe. The bible was theultimate authority, not the Church. Council of PisaelectedONE new pope. Many reforms to church- Some wanted division between religion and government some thought religious leaders were more interested in luxury and money rather than religion, and others pointed out scandals by Clergy members.

5. How end the Middle Ages The Schism that split Eastern and Western Christianity changed the view of the world from a religious standpoint to a more scientific standpoint. Italystarts a cultural revolution using RomanCatholicism.

6. Do you remember… Where the papacy was moved? How controversy was caused? What council elected ONE pope? The opinions of the People in the Great Schism?

7. QUIZ QUESTION 1 The papacy was moved from Rome to …? AVIGNON- was just outside French Territory on the Rhone river VIVE LE FRANCE!

8. QUIZ QUESTION 2 Why did Papal Office lose authority? THEIR BIASED SUPPORTERS PERFORMED VICIOUS ACTS.

9. QUIZ QUESTION 3 How did the Great Schism contribute to the population’s opinion of the Christian church? Some people wanted division between religion and government some people thought religious leaders were more interested in luxury and money rather than religion, and others pointed out scandals by Clergy members.

10. Picture Works Cited http://goo.gl/0vGFb - Great Schism Map http://goo.gl/0GfiI - Church Divided http://goo.gl/JvnWw - Causes Picture http://goo.gl/3cZDC - Bible http://goo.gl/837Vb - A House Divided http://goo.gl/oUcBf - Pope Battle http://goo.gl/wHc4k - French Flag http://goo.gl/a8dBe - Medieval Sicilian Flag http://goo.gl/oAaZr - Medieval Scottish Flag http://goo.gl/Va9J6 - Castile Flag http://goo.gl/SRu81 - Aragon Flag http://goo.gl/qESH6 - Medieval Portuguese Flag http://goo.gl/dAOpb - Medieval Roman Flag http://goo.gl/99ct1 - Flanders Lion Flag http://goo.gl/RVMFI - Polish Flag http://goo.gl/BWjS1 - Flag of Medieval Hungary http://goo.gl/fDujI - Holy Roman Empire 14th century Flag http://goo.gl/olRFa - Holy Roman Empire 15th century – 19th century Flag http://goo.gl/HK15l - Meteor Impact  http://goo.gl/9Td5K - Impact Background Pic http://goo.gl/whEzl - Priests Fighting (Inside Light bulb) http://goo.gl/q1XFc - Wooden, broken cross http://goo.gl/WxFAP - black and white pope (top mid) http://goo.gl/sr2la - black and white pope (bottom left) http://goo.gl/MJYwA - purple pope http://goo.gl/XywiB - bottom right pope http://goo.gl/eQras - subject begging to pope http://goo.gl/Fc7s0 - Medieval battling armies  http://goo.gl/YfZaa - bottom left picture (How end the Middle Ages slide) http://goo.gl/qsjcD - Avignon picture http://goo.gl/hX6gR - Quiz Question 3 background http://goo.gl/a2TKo - Strange looking man http://goo.gl/2uJp9 - Pope Bean http://goo.gl/dK1Pj - Pope Hamster http://goo.gl/E3UFs - Cool Jesus

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