On May 26, 27 and 28, 2025, the seminar The Great Western Schism: Historical and Cultural Perspectives will take place, with the participation of Lab2PT/IN2PAST integrated researcher Mário Farelo. This seminar is an internal activity developed within the scope of the “CROLMA” Network – The Crisis of the Late Middle Ages: Transformation, Resilience and Renewal in Pre-Modern Europe.

 

PROGRAMME
May 26 (Monday)
6 pm – Reception of participants

 

May 27 (Tuesday)
10 am–12 am – Visit to the Monastery of Batalha

12am–2 pm – Lunch

2 pm–6 pm – Presentations by participants
• Alexandra Gajewski – The Avignon Popes and the Great Western Schism
• Christophe Masson – The Historiography of Schism Cardinals: A View on Former and Current Approaches
• Karl Kuegle – The Great Western Schism, the History of Sound, and Music Histor(iograph)y
• Lenka Blechová – The Great Western Schism in the Language of Bohemian Sources

Coffee-break

• Eva Doležalová – The Perspective of Wenceslas, King of the Romans and Bohemia, on the Outbreak of the Great Western Schism
• Jana Fantysová Matějková – The Dynasties of Luxembourg and of Valois and the Great Western Schism
• André Rodrigues – Revisiting the Vatican Archives: Portugal and the Western Schism through papal sources (1378-1417)
• Mário Farelo – The Great Schism through Portuguese Eyes: Sources and Historiographical Perspectives

 

May 28 (Wednesday)

10am–12am – Discussion on future activities of the network

12am–2 pm – Lunch

 

 

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