This study has framed the exploration of the Great Western Schism around the cultural anthropological concept of social drama. Social drama entails conflict, while the various searches for a resolution identify the processual evolution of this conflict toward a solution. Social drama initiates with a breach, sides are taken, actions aimed at negotiating an outcome usually follow, and a solution is eventually found. As we saw, the 1378 double papal election initiated a breach such as the Church had never witnessed in its history. Europe divided itself into obediences, while various proposals aimed at ending the crisis were advanced: war, compromise, discussion, cession and subtraction, and eventually councils. Unity was reclaimed at the end of the last of these councils with the elevation of a single pope.