This paper chronicles Pope Martin V's life up to the end of the Middle Ages/the beginning of the Renaissance
period. For
the purposes of this study, the Middle Ages is considered the time
period leading up to the Great Schism, while the period from the Great Schism on is known as the Renaissance. It provides a brief history of Europe at that time and discusses the Great Schism, in which the papacy became involved in a power struggle with kings and how these conflicts over political matters resulted in the
people's loss of faith in the Church which further weakened the Church's influence over the people eventually ending the Middle Age period.