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The Council of Constance had seen the rise of the conciliar theory, the doctrine that the ultimate authority in the church rests upon the general council, to which the pope must be subject. It had been the plan to have frequent councils, but that of Basel was the first of importance to follow Constance, that of Pavia-Siena (1423-24) having accomplished little. Pope Martin V convoked the council but died soon afterward, and it was his successor, Eugene IV , who confirmed the convocation.
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