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The Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade

Author : Catherine Léglu,Rebecca Rist,Claire Taylor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317755654

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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.

The Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade

Author : M. D. Costen
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1997-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0719043328

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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.

Kill Them All

Author : Sean McGlynn
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 43,9 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.

The Albigensian Crusade

Author : Jonathan Sumption
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780571266579

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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

The Cathars

Author : Malcolm Barber
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,9 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.

A Most Holy War

Author : Mark Gregory Pegg
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195393101

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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.

Cathar Castles

Author : Marcus Cowper
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 45,5 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.

God's Heretics

Author : Aubrey Burl
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 44,8 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.

The Cathars

Author : Malcolm Barber
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317890393

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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.

Massacre at Montségur

Author : Zoé Oldenbourg
Publisher : Phoenix
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 53,8 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.

The Albigensian Crusades

Author : Joseph Reese Strayer
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 40,6 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

The Song of the Cathar Wars

Author : Janet Shirley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351881715

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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.

The Chronicle of William of Puylaurens

Author : William (of Puylaurens.)
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0851159257

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The Chronicle of William of Puylaurens by William (of Puylaurens.) Pdf

"William of Puylaurens' chronicle, here translated into English for the first time, is one of the main contemporary accounts of these events. It describes heresy in the south of France in the early 13th century; provides a narrative of the crusade; and then outlines the growth of the Inquisition and the sustained attack on heresy which followed, including the siege of the Cathar fortress of Montsegur in 1243-44. This translation is accompanied by an introduction, full notes, appendices, and a bibliography."--BOOK JACKET.

The Friar of Carcassonne

Author : Stephen O'Shea
Publisher : D & M Publishers
Page : 1 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781553659716

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The Friar of Carcassonne by Stephen O'Shea Pdf

Nearly a century had passed since the French region of Languedoc had been put to the sword in the Albigensian Crusade, but the stain of Catharism still lay on the land. Any accusation of Catharism invited peril. But repression bred resentment and it was in Carcassonne that resistance began to stir. In 1300 a great orator emerged there to bring together the currents of resistance. Three years later the terrible prisons were stormed and the inmates set free. The orator was a Franciscan friar, Bernard Délicieux. The forces ranged against him included the ruthless Pope Boniface VII, the Machiavellian French King Philip IV and the grand inquisitor of Toulouse, Bernard Gui (the villain of The Name of the Rose). This magnificent book, which forms a kind of sequel to Stephen O'Shea's bestselling The Perfect Heresy, tells Délicieux's inspiring life and tragic story.

The War on Heresy

Author : R. I. Moore
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674065376

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The War on Heresy by R. I. Moore Pdf

Some of the most portentous events in medieval history—the Cathar crusade, the persecution and mass burnings of heretics, the papal inquisition—fall between 1000 and 1250, when the Catholic Church confronted the threat of heresy with force. Moore’s narrative focuses on the motives and anxieties of elites who waged war on heresy for political gain.