The Schism of East and West

• Events of 1054:
  • 1912 Catholic Encyclopedia: (Read with exceptional caution)
  • Fr. George Attiah: The Great Schism (1054). Emphasises that Antioch broke communion with Rome even earlier, after the retirement of Pope John XVII (misidentified in the article as John IX) in 1009. (If John IX is really meant, Antioch and Rome were out of communion from 900, but the date 1009 is repeated several times.) --- SaintAndrew.Net
  • Francis Dvornik: The Eleventh Century, (1964). Chapter of Byzantium and the Roman Primacy, New York: Fordham, 1966.
  • Tia M. Kolbaba: The Byzantine Lists -- Errors of the Latins, (2000). University of Illinois, 2000. Emphasis is on external ritual differences (e.g. shaving beards, "unclean" foods, etc.) as contributing factors to the Schism.
  • Archbishop Michael of America (GOA): The Schism of the Roman Catholic Church from the Eastern Orthodox. Written for the 900th anniversary. --- Orthodox Research Institute
  • Fr. Victor Potapov: The Great Schism of 1054. --- St. John's ROCOR Cathedral
  • Eastern Schism -- A Thing of the Past? Vatican Radio interview with Uniate iconographer and ecumenical spokesman Fr. Marko Rupnik, giving the Roman Catholic perspective. --- Catholic.org
  • Gianni Valente: The Root of the Schism -- Worldly Thinking in the Church. An interview with Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, 2003 December 1. --- 30 Giorni

  • Some people involved in the Schism:
    • Leo of Ochrid

  • The "Guest Star": A coincidence?
    • H. Frommert and C. Kronberg: Supernova 1054 -- Creation of the Crab Nebula. --- SEDS
    • H. Frommert and C. Kronberg: M1 (NGC 1952): The Crab Nebula in Taurus. --- SEDS

• Changes in Western Culture in the XI Century and Subsequently:
  • See also the Year 1000 and Pope Gregory VII.

  • Ann Llewellyn Barstow: Married Priests and the Reforming Papacy -- The Eleventh Century Debate, (1982). New York: Edward Mellen, 1982.
  • Brenda Johnstone Flynn: The Power of Music in Medieval Literature. An interesting long discussion of one aspect of mediæval culture and its evolution from pre-Schism to early Renaissance times. --- SPL
  • Thomas Head: New Saints of the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries -- A Bibliography. Meaning Roman Catholic saints, some of whom are almost certainly Orthodox and some almost certainly not. --- ORB
  • Karl F. Morrison: The Gregorian Reformation, (1989). From Christian Spirituality, edited by B. McGinn and J. Meyendorff, (New York: Crossroad, 1989): 177.
  • André Vauchez: La Spiritualité du moyen âge occidental, VIIIe-XIIIe siècles, (1975). Presses Universitaires de France, 1975.