Alexander Lamont Glasfurd

1658 The Antipope (Peter de Luna, 1342-1423) A study in obstinacy, by Alex Glasfurd (read 27 Aug 1981) This is a most unusual book. It is a somewhat fictionalized or imaginative account of Peter de Luna (1342-1423), who was the second "Avignon obedience" anti-pope of the Great Schism, Benedict XIII. The book is pro-de Luna, and was a little hard to take after reading Walter Ullman's masterful exposition of the rightfulness of Urban VI's claim to be the true Pope. This book is packed with human interest, though the author's views are questionable in some respects. I have really enjoyed the reading of this book and of Walter Ullman's The Origins of the Great Schism and would like to read more on the subject, such as The Great Schism of the West by. Salenbier (Kegan Paul 1907) and The Inner History of the Great Schism by G. J. Jordan (1930). Fascinating era, though distressful.

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