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Council of Constance, the Glossary

The Council of Constance was an ecumenical council of the Catholic Church that was held from 1414 to 1418 in the Bishopric of Constance (Konstanz) in present-day Germany.^[1]

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Abbot

Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the head of an independent monastery for men in various Western Christian traditions.

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André Dias de Escobar

André Dias de Escobar (Andreas Didaci de Escobar; c. 1366/67–c. 1448) was a Portuguese Benedictine theologian.

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Peter of Candia, also known as Peter Phillarges (Πέτρος Φιλάργης) (1339 – 3 May 1410), named as Alexander V (Alexander PP.; Alessandro V), was an antipope elected by the Council of Pisa during the Western Schism (1378–1417). Council of Constance and antipope Alexander V are western Schism.

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Antipope Benedict XIII

Pedro Martínez de Luna y Pérez de Gotor (25 November 1328 – 23 May 1423), known as or Pope Luna, was an Aragonese nobleman who was christened antipope Benedict XIII during the Western Schism. Council of Constance and antipope Benedict XIII are western Schism.

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Antipope John XXIII

Baldassarre Cossa (1370 – 22 December 1419) was Pisan antipope John XXIII (1410–1415) during the Western Schism.

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Archbishop

In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office.

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Ars moriendi

The Ars moriendi ("The Art of Dying") are two related Latin texts dating from about 1415 and 1450 which offer advice on the protocols and procedures of a good death, explaining how to "die well" according to Christian precepts of the late Middle Ages.

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Augustin Vérot

Jean Marcel Pierre Auguste Vérot, known commonly as Augustin Vérot (May 1804 – June 10, 1876) was a French-born American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the first bishop of the Diocese of St. Augustine in Florida (1870–1876).

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Avignon Papacy

The Avignon Papacy (French: Papauté d'Avignon) was the period from 1309 to 1376 during which seven successive popes resided in Avignon (at the time within the Kingdom of Arles, part of the Holy Roman Empire; now part of France) rather than in Rome. Council of Constance and Avignon Papacy are western Schism.

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Bishops in the Catholic Church

In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of holy orders and is responsible for teaching doctrine, governing Catholics in his jurisdiction, sanctifying the world and representing the Church.

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Cardinal (Catholic Church)

A cardinal (Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae cardinalis) is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church.

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Carlo I Malatesta

Carlo I Malatesta (June 1368 – 13 September 1429) (also Carlo of Rimini) was an Italian condottiero during the Wars in Lombardy and lord of Rimini, Fano, Cesena and Pesaro.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Conciliarism

Conciliarism was a reform movement in the 14th-, 15th- and 16th-century Catholic Church which held that supreme authority in the Church resided with an ecumenical council, apart from, or even against, the pope. Council of Constance and Conciliarism are 15th-century Catholicism.

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Council of Florence

The Council of Florence is the seventeenth ecumenical council recognized by the Catholic Church, held between 1431 and 1449. Council of Constance and council of Florence are 15th-century Catholic Church councils, 15th-century elections and Catholic Church ecumenical councils.

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Council of Pisa

The Council of Pisa (also nicknamed the conciliabolo, "secret meeting", by those who considered it illegitimate) was a controversial council held in 1409. Council of Constance and council of Pisa are 15th-century Catholic Church councils, 15th-century elections and western Schism.

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Council of Siena

In the Catholic Church, the Council of Siena (1423–1424) marked a somewhat inconclusive stage in the Conciliar movement that was attempting reforms in the Church. Council of Constance and Council of Siena are 15th-century Catholic Church councils.

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Council of Vienne

The Council of Vienne was the fifteenth ecumenical council of the Catholic Church and met between 1311 and 1312 in Vienne, France. Council of Constance and council of Vienne are Catholic Church ecumenical councils.

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Crown of the Kingdom of Poland

The Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (Korona Królestwa Polskiego; Corona Regni Poloniae) was a political and legal idea formed in the 14th century, assuming unity, indivisibility and continuity of the state.

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Damals

Damals is a German monthly popular scientific history magazine.

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Death by burning

Death by burning is an execution, murder, or suicide method involving combustion or exposure to extreme heat.

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Declaration of the Clergy of France

The Declaration of the Clergy of France was a four-article document of the 1681 assembly of the French clergy.

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Ecumenical council

An ecumenical council, also called general council, is a meeting of bishops and other church authorities to consider and rule on questions of Christian doctrine, administration, discipline, and other matters in which those entitled to vote are convoked from the whole world (oikoumene) and which secures the approbation of the whole Church.

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Fifth Council of the Lateran

The Fifth Council of the Lateran, held between 1512 and 1517, was the eighteenth ecumenical council of the Catholic Church and was the last council before the Protestant Reformation and the Council of Trent. Council of Constance and Fifth Council of the Lateran are Catholic Church ecumenical councils.

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First Vatican Council

The First Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the First Vatican Council or Vatican I, was the 20th ecumenical council of the Catholic Church, held three centuries after the preceding Council of Trent which was adjourned in 1563. Council of Constance and First Vatican Council are Catholic Church ecumenical councils.

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Frank Welsh (writer)

Frank Reeson Welsh (16 August 1931 – 23 April 2023) was a British historian, novelist and international banker.

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Franz König

Franz König (3 August 1905 – 13 March 2004) was an Austrian Cardinal of the Catholic Church.

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Frequens

Frequens (Frequent) is the name for the decree passed at the Council of Constance on October 9, 1417; it was supposed to ensure that the Pope convened councils regularly. Council of Constance and Frequens are western Schism.

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Golub War

This is the 1422 Polish-Teutonic War.

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Grand Duchy of Lithuania

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a sovereign state in northeastern Europe that existed from the 13th century, succeeding the Kingdom of Lithuania, to the late 18th century, when the territory was suppressed during the 1795 partitions of Poland–Lithuania.

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Grand Master of the Teutonic Order

The grand master of the Teutonic Order (Hochmeister des Deutschen Ordens; Magister generalis Ordo Teutonicus) is the supreme head of the Teutonic Order.

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Haec sancta synodus

The decree Haec sancta synodus ("This holy synod"), also called Haec sancta, was promulgated by the fifth session of the Council of Constance on April 6, 1415. Council of Constance and Haec sancta synodus are western Schism.

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Hans Küng

Hans Küng (19 March 1928 – 6 April 2021) was a Swiss Catholic priest, theologian, and author.

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Heresy

Heresy is any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs or customs, particularly the accepted beliefs or religious law of a religious organization.

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History of Poland during the Jagiellonian dynasty

The rule of the Jagiellonian dynasty in Poland between 1386 and 1572 spans the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period in European history.

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Holy Roman Emperor

The Holy Roman Emperor, originally and officially the Emperor of the Romans (Imperator Romanorum, Kaiser der Römer) during the Middle Ages, and also known as the Roman-German Emperor since the early modern period (Imperator Germanorum, Roman-German emperor), was the ruler and head of state of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Hubert Jedin

Hubert Jedin (17 June 1900, in Groß Briesen, Friedewalde, Silesia – 16 July 1980, in Bonn) was a Catholic Church historian from Germany, whose publications specialized on the history of ecumenical councils in general and the Council of Trent in particular, on which he published a 2400-page history over the years 1951–1975.

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Hunger War

This is the 1414 Polish-Teutonic War.

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Hussites

Catholic crusaders in the 15th century The Lands of the Bohemian Crown during the Hussite Wars. The movement began in Prague and quickly spread south and then through the rest of the Kingdom of Bohemia. Eventually, it expanded into the remaining domains of the Bohemian Crown as well. The Hussites (Czech: Husité or Kališníci, "Chalice People"; Latin: Hussitae) were a Czech proto-Protestant Christian movement that followed the teachings of reformer Jan Hus (fl.

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Jagiellonian University

The Jagiellonian University (UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland.

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Jan Hus

Jan Hus (1370 – 6 July 1415), sometimes anglicized as John Hus or John Huss, and referred to in historical texts as Iohannes Hus or Johannes Huss, was a Czech theologian and philosopher who became a Church reformer and the inspiration of Hussitism, a key predecessor to Protestantism, and a seminal figure in the Bohemian Reformation.

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Jerome of Prague

Jerome of Prague (Jeroným Pražský; Hieronymus Pragensis; 1379 – 30 May 1416) was a Czech scholastic philosopher and theologian.

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John Dominici

Giovanni Dominici, OP (English: John Dominic 1355 – 10 June 1419) was an Italian Catholic prelate and Dominican who became a cardinal.

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John of Falkenberg

John of Falkenberg or Johannes Falkenberg (born in Falkenberg, Pomerania, date unknown; died about 1418 in Italy — or, according to other accounts, in his native town) was a German Dominican theologian and writer.

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John Wycliffe

John Wycliffe (also spelled Wyclif, Wickliffe, and other variants; 1328 – 31 December 1384) was an English scholastic philosopher, Christian reformer, Catholic priest, and a theology professor at the University of Oxford.

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Joseph McCabe

Joseph Martin McCabe (12 November 1867 – 10 January 1955) was an English writer and speaker on freethought, after having been a Roman Catholic priest earlier in his life.

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Konstanz

Konstanz (also), also known as Constance in English, is a university city with approximately 83,000 inhabitants located at the western end of Lake Constance in the south of Germany. Council of Constance and Konstanz are Konstanz (district).

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Lithuanian Crusade

The Lithuanian Crusade was a series of campaigns by the Teutonic Order and the Livonian Order under the pretext of forcibly Christianizing the pagan Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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Matthias of Trakai

Matthias of Trakai or of Vilnius (Motiejus Trakiškis; Matthias Vilnensis; ca. 1370 – 9 May 1453 in Vilnius) was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic clergyman, the first Bishop of Samogitia from its establishment in 1417 until 1422 and the fifth Bishop of Vilnius from 4 May 1422 until 9 May 1453 and an ex officio member of the Council of Lords.

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Natural rights and legal rights

Some philosophers distinguish two types of rights, natural rights and legal rights.

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Papal supremacy

Papal supremacy is the doctrine of the Catholic Church that the Pope, by reason of his office as Vicar of Christ, the visible source and foundation of the unity both of the bishops and of the whole company of the faithful, and as pastor of the entire Catholic Church, has full, supreme, and universal power over the whole church, a power which he can always exercise unhindered: that, in brief, "the Pope enjoys, by divine institution, supreme, full, immediate, and universal power in the care of souls." The doctrine had the most significance in the relationship between the church and the temporal state, in matters such as ecclesiastic privileges, the actions of monarchs and even successions.

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Paweł Włodkowic

Paweł Włodkowic (Latin: Paulus Vladimiri; ca. 1370 – 9 October 1435) was a Polish scholar, jurist, statesman and rector of the Kraków Academy.

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Peace of Thorn (1411)

The (First) Peace of Thorn was a peace treaty formally ending the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War between allied Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania on one side, and the Teutonic Knights on the other.

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Pierre d'Ailly

Pierre d'Ailly (Latin Petrus Aliacensis, Petrus de Alliaco; 13519 August 1420) was a French theologian, astrologer and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Poggio Bracciolini

Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini (11 February 1380 – 30 October 1459), usually referred to simply as Poggio Bracciolini, was an Italian scholar and an early Renaissance humanist.

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Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War

This is the 1409-1411 Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War.

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Pope Eugene IV

Pope Eugene IV (Eugenius IV; Eugenio IV; 1383 – 23 February 1447), born Gabriele Condulmer, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 March 1431 to his death, in February 1447.

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Pope Gregory XI

Pope Gregory XI (Gregorius XI, born Pierre Roger de Beaufort; c. 1329 – 27 March 1378) was head of the Catholic Church from 30 December 1370 to his death, in March 1378.

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Pope Gregory XII

Pope Gregory XII (Gregorius XII; Gregorio XII; – 18 October 1417), born Angelo Corraro, Corario," or Correr, was head of the Catholic Church from 30 November 1406 to 4 July 1415. Council of Constance and Pope Gregory XII are western Schism.

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Pope John XXIII

Pope John XXIII (Ioannes XXIII; Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli,; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in June 1963.

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Pope Julius II

Pope Julius II (Iulius II; Giulio II; born Giuliano della Rovere; 5 December 144321 February 1513) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1503 to his death, in February 1513.

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Pope Martin V

Pope Martin V (Martinus V; Martino V; January/February 1369 – 20 February 1431), born Otto (or Oddone) Colonna, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 November 1417 to his death in February 1431. Council of Constance and Pope Martin V are western Schism.

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Pope Urban VI

Pope Urban VI (Urbanus VI; Urbano VI; c. 1318 – 15 October 1389), born Bartolomeo Prignano, was head of the Catholic Church from 8 April 1378 to his death, in October 1389. Council of Constance and Pope Urban VI are western Schism.

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Prince-Bishopric of Constance

The Prince-Bishopric of Constance (Hochstift Konstanz, Fürstbistum Konstanz, Bistum Konstanz) was a small ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire from the mid-12th century until its secularisation in 1802–1803.

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Pskov

Pskov (p; see also names in other languages) is a city in northwestern Russia and the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, located about east of the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River.

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaunas

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaunas (Archidioecesis Metropolitae Kaunensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Lithuania.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo

The Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo (Dioecesis Civitatensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church, located in the city of Ciudad Rodrigo in the ecclesiastical province of Valladolid.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine

The Diocese of St.

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Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Porto–Santa Rufina

The Diocese of Porto–Santa Rufina is a Latin suburbicarian diocese of the Diocese of Rome and a diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy.

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Safe conduct

Safe conduct, safe passage, or letters of transit, is the situation in time of international conflict or war where one state, a party to such conflict, issues to a person (usually an enemy state's subject) a pass or document to allow the enemy alien to traverse its territory without harassment, bodily harm, or fear of death.

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Samogitia

Samogitia, often known by its Lithuanian name Žemaitija (Samogitian: Žemaitėjė; see below for alternative and historical names) is one of the five cultural regions of Lithuania and formerly one of the two core administrative divisions of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania alongside Lithuania proper.

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Second Vatican Council

The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the or, was the 21st and most recent ecumenical council of the Catholic Church. Council of Constance and Second Vatican Council are Catholic Church ecumenical councils.

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Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

Sigismund of Luxembourg (15 February 1368 – 9 December 1437) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 until his death in 1437.

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Teutonic Order

The Teutonic Order is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem.

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Theodoric Vrie

Theodoric Vrie (dates unknown) was a historian of the Council of Constance. Council of Constance and Theodoric Vrie are western Schism.

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Treaty of Melno

The Treaty of Melno (Melno taika; Pokój melneński) or Treaty of Lake Melno (Friede von Melnosee) was a peace treaty ending the Gollub War.

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Ultramontanism

Ultramontanism is a clerical political conception within the Catholic Church that places strong emphasis on the prerogatives and powers of the Pope.

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Varniai

Varniai (Samogitian: Varnē; Wornie) is a city in the Telšiai County, western Lithuania.

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Veliky Novgorod

Veliky Novgorod (lit), also known simply as Novgorod (Новгород), is the largest city and administrative centre of Novgorod Oblast, Russia.

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Vicar general

A vicar general (previously, archdeacon) is the principal deputy of the bishop or archbishop of a diocese or an archdiocese for the exercise of administrative authority and possesses the title of local ordinary.

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Vytautas

Vytautas (c. 135027 October 1430), also known as Vytautas the Great (Lithuanian:, Вітаўт, Vitaŭt, Witold Kiejstutowicz, Witold Aleksander or Witold Wielki, Вітовт (Vitovt), Ruthenian: Витовт (Vitovt), Latin: Alexander Vitoldus, Old German: Wythaws or Wythawt) from the late 14th century onwards, was a ruler of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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Władysław II Jagiełło

Jogaila (1 June 1434), later Władysław II Jagiełło,He is known under a number of names: Jogaila Algirdaitis; Władysław II Jagiełło; Jahajła (Ягайла).

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Western Schism

The Western Schism, also known as the Papal Schism, the Great Occidental Schism, the Schism of 1378, or the Great Schism, was a split within the Roman Catholic Church lasting from 20 September 1378 to 11 November 1417 in which bishops residing in Rome and Avignon simultaneously claimed to be the true pope, and were eventually joined by a third line of Pisan claimants in 1409. Council of Constance and Western Schism are 15th-century Catholicism.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Constance

Also known as 1417 papal conclave, Council of Konstanz, Papal conclave, 1417, Sixteenth Ecumenical Council.

, Papal supremacy, Paweł Włodkowic, Peace of Thorn (1411), Pierre d'Ailly, Poggio Bracciolini, Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War, Pope Eugene IV, Pope Gregory XI, Pope Gregory XII, Pope John XXIII, Pope Julius II, Pope Martin V, Pope Urban VI, Prince-Bishopric of Constance, Pskov, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaunas, Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo, Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine, Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Porto–Santa Rufina, Safe conduct, Samogitia, Second Vatican Council, Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, Teutonic Order, Theodoric Vrie, Treaty of Melno, Ultramontanism, Varniai, Veliky Novgorod, Vicar general, Vytautas, Władysław II Jagiełło, Western Schism.

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1410s disestablishments in the Holy Roman Empire

1410s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire

1410s in the Holy Roman Empire

1414 establishments in Europe

1417

1418 disestablishments in Europe

15th-century Catholic Church councils

15th-century Catholicism

15th-century elections

Catholic Church councils held in Germany

Catholic Church ecumenical councils

History of Baden-Württemberg

Hussite Wars

Konstanz (district)

Papal elections

Western Schism

References