KnowraWestern SchismLinked fromLinked fromThe 24 pages that link to Western Schism, each with the reason it gives.All 24Broader topic 6Related 13Narrower topic 4Compared with 1PopeBroader topic: It fractured obedience to the papacy and forced the Church to resolve competing claims.Papal monarchyBroader topic: Rival popes undermined the credibility of a single, centralized source of authority.Late Middle AgesBroader topic: Competing popes made the period’s crisis of church authority visible.Pope Urban VIBroader topic: Urban’s election began the schism when cardinals rejected his authority and elected a rival.AntipopeBroader topic: Its competing papal lines made the distinction between pope and antipope especially consequential.History of the papacyBroader topic: Competing popes exposed the vulnerability of succession and institutional unity.