READING HALL

DOORS OF WISDOM

HISTORY OF THE POPES FROM THE GREAT SCHISM TO THE SACK OF ROME

BOOK I

THE GREAT SCHISM. 1378-1414

I. URBAN VI, CLEMENT VII, AND THE AFFAIRS OF NAPLES

II. CLEMENT VII & BONIFACE IX. RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS IN OXFORD AND PARIS. 1389-1394.         

III. BONIFACE IX & BENEDICT XIII. ATTEMPTS OF FRANCE TO HEAL THE SCHISM. 1394-1404.       

IV. INNOCENT VII & BENEDICT XIII. TROUBLES IN ITALY AND FRANCE. 1404-1406.       

V. GREGORY XII & BENEDICT XIII. NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE RIVAL POPES. 1406-1409.  

VI. THE COUNCIL OF PISA. 1409

VII. ALEXANDER V. 1409-1410

VIII. JOHN XXIII. 1410-1414