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Babylonian Captivity and the Great Schism

http://history.boisestate.edu/hy309/babylon/index.html

An online text by Dr E L Skip Knox of Boise State University.

Manifesto of the Revolting Cardinals

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/grtschism1.html

Extracted version from the Medieval Sourcebook.

The Avignon Papacy

http://the-orb.net/textbooks/nelson/avignon.html

Lecture by Lynn Nelson in the Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies.

The Avignonese Papacy

http://the-orb.net/textbooks/westciv/avignon.html

Article in the Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies.

The Decree Excecrabilis 1459

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/p2-execrabilis.html

By this decree Pope Pius II struck at the Concilar movement, and lablled as "erroneous and detestable" one of the central ideas of the Conciliarists-the right of appeal from pope to general council. From the Medieval Sourcebook.

The Great Schism and Conciliar Movement

http://the-orb.net/textbooks/nelson/great_schism.html

Bullet point lecture notes from the Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies.

University of Paris and the Schism

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/grtschism2.html

Report of a commission set up in 1393 by the French King on how best to end the schism. From the Medieval Sourcebook.

Western Schism

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13539a.htm

Article from the Catholic Encyclopedia.