HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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Gregory XI
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Urban II
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Clement V
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Martin V
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Detailed explanation-1: -Martin V (1368-1431) was pope from 1417 to 1431. He was elected by the Council of Constance, which thus terminated the Great Schism of the West. The man who was to become Pope Martin V was born in Genazzano, Italy, on Feb. 20, 1368.
Detailed explanation-2: -Eventually cardinals from both obediences, seeking to end the schism, arranged the Council of Pisa, which met in 1409 and elected a third pope, Alexander V, who was succeeded shortly thereafter by Baldassare Cossa, who took the name John XXIII.
Detailed explanation-3: -He was elected by the council called to end the schism in the Western church. He also asserted papal supremacy throughout Europe, organising a crusade against the Hussites, restoring Rome and attempting to mediate between England and France during the Hundred Years War.