. In the days of the councils a sketch of the life and times of Baldassare Cossa [afterward Pope John the Twenty-third]. entrusted with the interest of the ChurchUniversal; and as this interest did not correspond in his viewwith that of any of the three parties named, it followed thatif he were not willing to give way there must needs befriction. Pope Benedict the Thirteenth is one of the most mysteriousand fascinating figures of the period with which we aredealing. He was sixty-six years of age when elected ; a short,neat, handsome little man, sprung from a noble family ofAragon; Roderigo de
. In the days of the councils a sketch of the life and times of Baldassare Cossa [afterward Pope John the Twenty-third]. entrusted with the interest of the ChurchUniversal; and as this interest did not correspond in his viewwith that of any of the three parties named, it followed thatif he were not willing to give way there must needs befriction. Pope Benedict the Thirteenth is one of the most mysteriousand fascinating figures of the period with which we aredealing. He was sixty-six years of age when elected ; a short,neat, handsome little man, sprung from a noble family ofAragon; Roderigo de Luna was his brother, the Cardinal ofPampeluna was a near relative. He had been Professor ofCanon Law in the University of MontpelHer; he had all thelogical instinct of a keen chancery lawyer; he looked to theletter of the law, and was careful of nice verbal was an eloquent and successful diplomatist; he had wonthe obedience of Castile for his predecessor in 1380, that ofAragon in 1387, that of Navarre in 1390; he had beendeputed to Portugal; he had pleaded for Clement in Paris in1 Rashdall, i. Pope Benedict the Thirteenth. ^ THE WAY OF CESSION 173 1394; twice liad he bearded the dreaded Duke of had originally done much to secure the election of PopeUrban the Sixth ; he had been reluctant to break with him ;he had gone to Agnani with the intention of serving him,but the arguments of the French cardinals, coupled with theingratitude and misconduct of Urban, had decided him, andhe became the most fervent supporter of Clement the Seventh.^He was a man of blameless moral life; Nicolas de Clamangesspeaks of his sanctity and love of contemplation; Froissartsays that he was an holy manne and of good lyfe/^ Hepossessed a powerful magnetic influence which worked onthose of vivid imagination and chivalrous devotion; hence hesained for himself the affection of characters so diverse inother respects as Catharine of Siena and Louis of Orleans,and of reform
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