The Albigensian Crusades

Author : Jonathan Sumption
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780571266579

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The Albigensian Crusade by Jonathan Sumption Pdf

In twelfth century Languedoc a subversive heresy of Eastern origin flourished to an extraordinary degree. The Albingenses believed that the world was created by an evil spirit, and that all worldly things - including the Church - were by nature sinful. Jonathan Sumption's acclaimed history examines the roots of the heresy, the uniquely rich culture of the region which nurtured it, and the crusade launched against it by the Church which resulted in one of the most savage of all medieval wars. '[Sumption] never fails to keep his narrative lively with the particular and the pertinent. He is excellent on the tactics and spirit of medieval warfare.' Frederic Raphael, Sunday Times

Author : Joseph Reese Strayer
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 0472064762

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The Albigensian Crusades by Joseph Reese Strayer Pdf

Interprets thirteenth-century crusades in terms of the development of Europe, especially France

Author : Catherine Léglu,Rebecca Rist,Claire Taylor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317755654

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The Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade by Catherine Léglu,Rebecca Rist,Claire Taylor Pdf

The Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade brings together a rich and diverse range of medieval sources to examine key aspects of the growth of heresy and dissent in southern France in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and the Church’s response to that threat through the subsequent authorisation of the Albigensian crusade. Aimed at students and scholars alike, the documents it discusses – papal letters, troubadour songs, contemporary chronicles in Latin and the vernacular, and inquisitorial documents – reflect a deeper perception of medieval heresy and the social, political and religious implications of crusading than has hitherto been possible. The reader is introduced to themes which are crucial to our understanding of the medieval world: ideologies of crusading and holy war, the complex nature of Catharism, the Church’s implementation of diverse strategies to counter heresy, the growth of papal inquisition, southern French counter-strategies of resistance and rebellion, and the uses of Latin and the vernacular to express regional and cultural identity. This timely and highly original collection not only brings together previously unexplored and in some cases unedited material, but provides a nuanced and multi-layered view of the religious, social and political dimensions of one of the most infamous conflicts of the High Middle Ages. This book is a valuable resource for all students, teachers and researchers of medieval history and the crusades.

Author : M. D. Costen
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1997-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0719043328

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The Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade by M. D. Costen Pdf

A compelling introduction to the war against the heretics of Languedoc launched in 1209, combined with a description of the political, economic, religious and social conditions of south-western France in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Michael Costen shows why the Cathar heresy came to flourish and how the campaign against it developed into a programme of conquest by which an alliance of church and state finally destroyed the heresy and united the region with the newly expanding French kingdom.

Author : Mark Gregory Pegg
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195393101

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A Most Holy War by Mark Gregory Pegg Pdf

Historian Pegg has produced a swift-moving, gripping narrative of a horrific crusade, drawing in part on thousands of testimonies collected by inquisitors in the years 1235 to 1245. These accounts of ordinary men and women bring the story vividly to life.

Author : Aubrey Burl
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752494791

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God's Heretics by Aubrey Burl Pdf

This title provides a vivid account of the way the Crusade and its legacy turned and twisted for over a hundred years. It focuses on the personalities on sides, their motivations and objectives, creating for the modern reader an overwhelming impression of the powerful beliefs that drove persecutor and victim.

Author : Laurence W. Marvin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008-03-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139470148

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The Occitan War by Laurence W. Marvin Pdf

In 1209 Simon of Montfort led a war against the Cathars of Languedoc after Pope Innocent III preached a crusade condemning them as heretics. The suppression of heresy became a pretext for a vicious war that remains largely unstudied as a military conflict. Laurence Marvin here examines the Albigensian Crusade as military and political history rather than religious history and traces these dimensions of the conflict through to Montfort's death in 1218. He shows how Montfort experienced military success in spite of a hostile populace, impossible military targets, armies that dissolved every forty days, and a pope who often failed to support the crusade morally or financially. He also discusses the supposed brutality of the war, why the inhabitants were for so long unsuccessful at defending themselves against it, and its impact on Occitania. This original account will appeal to scholars of medieval France, the Crusades and medieval military history.

Author : Sean McGlynn
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750951944

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Kill Them All by Sean McGlynn Pdf

The bloody Albigensian Crusade launched against the Cathar heretics of southern France in the early thirteenth century is infamous for its brutality and savagery, even by the standards of the Middle Ages. It was marked by massacres and acts of appalling cruelty, deeds commonly ascribed to the role of religious fanaticism. Here, in the first military history of the whole conflict, Sean McGlynn tells the story of the crusade through its epic sieges of seemingly impregnable fortresses, desperate battles and destructive campaigns, and offers expert analysis of the warfare involved, revealing the crusade in a different light – as a bloody territorial conquest in which acts of terror were perpetrated to secure military aims rather than religious ones. The dramatic events of the crusade and its colourful leading characters – Simon de Montfort, Louis the Lion, Innocent III, Peter of Aragon, Count Raymond of Toulouse – are brought to life through the voices of contemporary writers who fought and experienced it.

Author : Elaine Graham-Leigh
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 1843831295

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The Southern French Nobility and the Albigensian Crusade by Elaine Graham-Leigh Pdf

This study takes the case of the Trencavel Viscounts of Beziers and Carcassonne, who were the only members of the higher nobility to lose their lands to the crusade, and argues that an understanding of how the Occitan nobility fared in the crusade years must be based in the context of the politics of the noble society of Languedoc, not only in the thirteenth century but also in the twelfth."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Jean-Charles-Léonard Simonde Sismondi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1826
Category : Albigenses
ISBN : NYPL:33433069141368

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History of the Crusades Against the Albigenses by Jean-Charles-Léonard Simonde Sismondi Pdf

Author : Janet Shirley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351881715

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The Song of the Cathar Wars by Janet Shirley Pdf

The Song of the Cathar Wars is the first translation into English of the Old Provençal Canso recounting the events of the years 1204-1218 in Southern France. In an effort to extirpate the Cathar heresy, Pope Innocent III launched what is now known as the Albigensian Crusade, but it was fiercely resisted by the lords and people of the Languedoc, if in the end in vain. This ’song’ was written in two parts, the first by William of Tudela, a supporter of the crusade; the second by an anonymous continuer, wholeheartedly in sympathy with the southerners, although not with the heretics themselves. It stands as a historical source of great importance, not least because it depicts the side that lost. The poem is also a skilful, dramatic and often impassioned composition, evoking the brilliant world of landed knights and the glories and bloody realities of battle. Janet Shirley is an award-winning translator of works on the French Middle Ages. Other publications by her include the Song of Roland and, in this Crusade Texts in Translation series, Crusader Syria in the 13th Century and, with Peter Edbury, Guillaume de Machaut: The Conquest of Alexandria.

Author : Malcolm Barber
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317890386

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The Cathars by Malcolm Barber Pdf

The Cathars are one of the most famous heretical movements of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. They infiltrated the highest ranks of society and posed a major threat not only to the Catholic Church but also to secular authorities as well. The movement was finally smashed by the crusade and the inquisitional proceedings that followed. This new study is the first comprehensive history of the Cathars. It addresses major topics in medieval history including heresy, orthodoxy and the Crusades as well as providing a history of the social and political history of Languedoc and the rise of the Capetian dynasty. A fascinating study of the development of radical religious belief and its violent suppression.

Author : Zoé Oldenbourg
Publisher : Phoenix
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1998-01
Category : Albigenses
ISBN : 0753802023

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Massacre at Montségur by Zoé Oldenbourg Pdf

In 1208 Pope Innocent III called for a Crusade against a country of fellow- Christians. The new enemy was Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse, one of the greatest princes in Western Christendom, premier baron of all the territories in southern France. So began the Albigensian Crusade, which was to culminate in 1244 with the massacre of Cathars at the mountain fortress of Montsegur.

Author : Marcus Cowper
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849080545

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Cathar Castles by Marcus Cowper Pdf

During the early 13th century the north of what is now France went to war with the south in a bloody crusade aimed at destroying the heretical sect known as the Cathars. The conflict was characterized by vicious guerrilla actions and the besieging of the innumerable fortified sites that dotted the landscape of the south. Illustrated with full colour artwork and stunning photographs, this book describes the castles and fortifications of the Cathar period, examining their design, construction and the role that they played during the Albigensian Crusade.

Author : Zoe Oldenbourg
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474600316

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Massacre At Montsegur: A History Of The Albigensian Crusade by Zoe Oldenbourg Pdf

A best-selling history of the Third Crusade, when the Catholic Church waged war against heretics in its own ranks In 1208 Pope Innocent III called for a Crusade against a country of fellow-Christians. The new enemy was Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse, one of the greatest princes in Western Christendom, premier baron of all the territories in southern France where the langue d'oc was spoken. So began the Albigensian Crusade (named after the French town of Albi), which was to culminate in 1244 with the massacre of Cathars at the mountain fortress of Montségur. This Crusade was the Catholic Church's response to the rapid growth of a rival Christian religion in the very heart of Christendom - the religion of the Cathars (or 'pure ones'). These heretics drew their strength from the consciousness of belonging to a faith that had never seen eye to eye with Catholicism and was more ancient than the Church itself. From the beginning this religious war was to show all the characteristics of a national resistance movement, so that in the end it was not just the survival of the Cathar faith that was at stake but also that of the Languedoc itself as an autonomous and independent region of France.