The Albigensian Crusade

The Albigensian Crusade
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Publisher : Faber & Faber
Total Pages : 428
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ISBN-10 : 9780571266579
ISBN-13 : 0571266576
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis The Albigensian Crusade by : Jonathan Sumption

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

A Most Holy War

A Most Holy War
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 284
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ISBN-10 : 9780195393101
ISBN-13 : 0195393104
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis A Most Holy War by : Mark Gregory Pegg

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.

Kill Them All

Kill Them All
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Publisher : The History Press
Total Pages : 420
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ISBN-10 : 9780750951944
ISBN-13 : 075095194X
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis Kill Them All by : Sean McGlynn

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 Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade

The Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade
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Publisher : Manchester University Press
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 0719043328
ISBN-13 : 9780719043321
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade by : M. D. Costen

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.

The Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade

The Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 9781317755654
ISBN-13 : 1317755650
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade by : Catherine Léglu

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.

Massacre at Montségur

Massacre at Montségur
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Publisher : Phoenix
Total Pages : 420
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ISBN-10 : 0753802023
ISBN-13 : 9780753802021
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis Massacre at Montségur by : Zoé Oldenbourg

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

The Albigensian Crusades
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Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Total Pages : 306
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ISBN-10 : 0472064762
ISBN-13 : 9780472064762
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis The Albigensian Crusades by : Joseph Reese Strayer

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

The Occitan War

The Occitan War
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 14
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ISBN-10 : 9781139470148
ISBN-13 : 1139470140
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Synopsis The Occitan War by : Laurence W. Marvin

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.

The Southern French Nobility and the Albigensian Crusade

The Southern French Nobility and the Albigensian Crusade
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Publisher : Boydell Press
Total Pages : 222
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ISBN-10 : 1843831295
ISBN-13 : 9781843831297
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

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

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.

The Cathars

The Cathars
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 299
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ISBN-10 : 9781317890393
ISBN-13 : 1317890396
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cathars by : Malcolm Barber

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.