The Friar of Carcassonne: Revolt Against the Inquisition in the Last Days of the Cathars

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Nearly a century had passed since 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 who brought 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 Delicieux 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 his inspiring life and tragic story. Maps Usage The Combatants BROTHER BERNARD I. THE WORLD OF BERNARD DÉLICIEUX 1. THE BRIDGE AT ROME 2. THE KING’S MEN AT THE DOOR 3. THE HOLY OFFICE 4. THE UNHOLY RESISTANCE II. THE YEARS OF REVOLT 1299 5. THE AMBUSH AT CARCASSONNE 1300 6. THE BISHOP OF ALBI 7. THE DEAD MAN OF CARCASSONNE 1301 8. THE BISHOP OF PAMIERS 9. THE KING AT SENLIS 1302 10. AFTERMATH 11. THE WEAVER OF BRUGES 1303 12. THE SERMON 13. THE INQUISITOR GIVES A READING 14. THE WALL 15. TORTURE EXPOSED 1304 16. THE KING AND QUEEN IN LANGUEDOC 17. INTRIGUE IN THE ROUSSILLON III. THE TIME OF REPRESSION 18. SURVIVAL 19. CATHARS AND SPIRITUALS, INQUISITORS AND CONVENTUALS 20. THE TRIAL AFTERWORD Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index