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Massacre at Montsegur: A History of the Albiegensian Crusade

By Zoe Oldenbourg

Book information

Year
2001
ISBN
1842124285, 9781842124284
LCC
BX4891.2 .O4313 2000
Open Library ID
OL4009412M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
19 MB (19823542 bytes)
Pages
432\454
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

In 1208 Pope Innocent III called for a Crusade—this time, against a country of fellow Christians. The new enemy: Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse, prince of all the territories in southern France where the langue d’oc was spoken. Thus began the Albigensian Crusade, which culminated in 1244 at the mountain fortress of Monts?gur with the massacre of the Cathars, or “pure ones”—a faith more ancient than Roman Catholicism. This fascinating history captures all the drama of a conflict that threatened not only a religion but the very survival of the Languedoc itself as an autonomous region of France.

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