Historical Records and Studies
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ISBN13: 9780217485982
Paperback|9780217485982
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: PIERRE D'AILLY AND THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA BY CANON LOUIS SALEMBIEB OF THE CATHOLIC UNIVEBSITY OF LILLE ?Unus erat mundus; duo sint, ait iste. Fuere. Gagliulti. I Piebbe D'ailly, Theologian, Refobmer., And Scholab Piebbe D'ailly, born at Compiegne in 1350, was a student, then a rector, of the College of Navarre, and Chancellor of the University of Paris. Having been appointed Bishop of Cambrai, he received his Bulls in May, 1397, and fulfilled the duties of his office up to the time of his elevation to the cardi- nalate, June 6, 1411. Constantly concerned with the general life of the Church, he had set his heart upon bringing the Great Schism to an end, and was the first in France to propose to end it by a General Coimcil. It was he who in 1403 negotiated, and then read at Notre Dame, the famous Concordat, which was to restore the obedience of the French nation to Benedict XIII.1 He was the Consalvi of the fifteenth century, and this act was one of the great triumphs of his ecclesiastical policy. To him fell the honor of presiding at the third session of the Council of Constance. As was very aptly remarked by the present rector of the University of Berlin, Mr. Max Lenz, The development of the Schism and especially the events of the Council of Constance cannot be understood apart from the personal action of d'Ailly. The history of these forty years might be written under the title of 'Pierre d'Ailly and His Time.' Of a distinguished and inventive turn of mind, he maderemarkable discoveries in nearly every line of science to which he applied himself. He had put together the plan of a calendar, which he presented at the Council of Rome (1411), and of Constance (1416), and which long afterward (1582) was completed and adopted by Pope Gregory XIII. He induced Be...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217485982 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217485987 |
| Weight | 0.52 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.35 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 152 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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