[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":25},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p5ch17z8-1378-the-western-schism-avignon-and-rome:es":3},{"period":4,"chapter":15,"zoom":18},{"id":5,"title":6,"titleEn":7,"titleEs":6,"coverArtworkId":8,"range":9,"rangeEn":9,"rangeEs":9,"cover":10},"p5","Plena Edad Media","High Middle Ages","hannibal-alpes","987 → 1453",{"fileName":11,"filePageUrl":12,"imageUrl":13,"sourceLabel":14},"Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","/assets/p5-moyen-age-classique-cover.png","Wikimedia Commons",{"id":16,"title":17},"p5ch17","Carlos V el Sabio: reconquista, Estado y Cisma de Occidente (1364–1380)",{"id":19,"title":20,"chapterId":16,"html":21,"hasEn":22,"isFallback":23,"seoDescription":24},"p5ch17z8","1378: The Western Schism, Avignon, and Rome","\u003Cp>In \u003Cstrong>1378\u003C/strong>, Latin Christendom split as rival popes emerged, one recognized in \u003Cstrong>Rome\u003C/strong>, the other in the \u003Cstrong>Avignon\u003C/strong> obedience. The \u003Cstrong>Western Schism\u003C/strong> was not only religious; it restructured diplomacy and political finance across Europe.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>⚖️ Two Obediences, Two Diplomatic Systems\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Every monarchy had to choose:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Rome, for continuity with an Italian-centered papacy;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Avignon, for strategic and political calculation.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>Because papal authority shaped legitimacy, arbitration, and sanctions, the schism directly affected war and treaty systems.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🇫🇷 French Stakes\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>For France, the schism coincided with state strengthening. Obedience choice could:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>facilitate or complicate diplomacy;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>alter access to ecclesiastical resources;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>transform a church crisis into a foreign-policy lever.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 To Remember\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>1378 opened a long European crisis of authority.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>The schism amplified existing political rivalries.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"In 1378 , Latin Christendom split as rival popes emerged, one recognized in Rome , the other in the Avignon obedience. The Western Schism was not only",1777502702238]