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The Medieval Church · c. 1410
On the Long Schism
Dietrich of Niem · c. 1345–1418
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What it is
A curial official's insider history of the schism, naming names and describing the financial machinery of the rival papal courts without much charity.
Why it lasted
The most damning contemporary account of the papacy during the schism, written by someone who had worked in its offices for decades.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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