Episode 30: Picking Up the Pieces

Sigismund of Luxembourg arrives at the Council of Constance. The Council of Constance was a gathering of Latin Clergy with the goal of ending the Schism. The Council deposed the three rival popes (Rome, Avignon, and Pisa) and elected Martin V. Other issues, such as the fate of the Justification of the Duke of Burgundy and the fate of the Czech theologian Jan Hus were also debated.

The Battle of Agincourt and death of Dauphin Louis upended many of the political arrangements of the past few years. The conflict between the Armagnacs and Burgundians continues, now without Louis of Guyenne to keep them in check. All the while the kings of England and Germany conspire to make their own advances at France’s expense.

Time Period Covered: 1416-1417

Notable People: John the Fearless, Sigismund of Luxembourg, Bernard VII Count of Armagnac, William of Bavaria Count of Hainault-Holland-Zeeland, John of Touraine, Henry V of England

Notable Events/Developments: The Council of Constance, Death of John of Barry, Death of Louis II of Anjou, Death of William of Bavaria

Sources

John the Fearless by Richard Vaughan

The Hundred Years War: Cursed Kings by Jonathan Sumption

The Chronicles of Enguerrand De Monstrelet

Royal Intrigue Crisis at the Court of Charles VI 1392-1420 by R.C. Famiglietti

The Promised Lands by Wim Blockmans and Walter Prevenier

The Golden Age of Burgundy by Joseph Calmette

Cambridge Medieval History Volume VII

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