RT Article
T1 The Papacy, Conciliarism and Crusade, 1449-1517
JF The journal of ecclesiastical history
VO 72
IS 1
SP 36
OP 52
A1 Housley, Norman 1952-
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1751396320
AB Between the Council of Basle and the Fifth Lateran Council the papal curia was subject to much pressure to convene a new general council to address the urgent need for a crusade. This essay examines the relationship between the forceful lobbying for a council by Europe's rulers, and the persistence of conciliarist sentiments in society at large, particularly among its educated elite. While secular rulers were exploiting the vulnerability of the popes for their own ends, it would be reductive to interpret their demands for a council as crudely manipulative rather than as the expression of broadly-based fears and aspirations.
DO 10.1017/S0022046920000639