Eight hundred years ago, the Cathars, a group of heretical Christians from all walks of society, high and low, flourished in what is now the Languedoc in Southern France. Their subversive beliefs brought down on them the wrath of Popes and monarchs and provoked a brutal 'Crusade' against them. The f
The Perfect Heresy: the Life and Death of the Cathars
β Scribed by Stephen O'Shea
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 671 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1847651518
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β¦ Synopsis
Eight hundred years ago, the Cathars, a group of heretical Christians from all walks of society, high and low, flourished in what is now the Languedoc in Southern France. Their subversive beliefs brought down on them the wrath of Popes and monarchs and provoked a brutal 'Crusade' against them. The final defeat of the Cathars was horrific with mass burnings of men, women and children in the village of Montaillou in the Pyrenees.;Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Principal Figures in the Cathar Storyix; Introduction; 1. Languedoc and the Great Heresy; 2. Rome; 3. The Turn of the Century; 4. The Conversation; 5. Penance and Crusade; 6. BΓ©ziers; 7. Carcassonne; 8. Bad Neighbors; 9. The Conflict Widens; 10. A Time of Surprises; 11. The Verdict; 12. Toulouse; 13. The Return to Tolerance; 14. The End of the Crusade; 15. Inquisition; 16. Backlash; 17. The Synagogue of Satan; 18. Twilight in the Garden of Evil; 19. BΓ©libaste; Epilogue: In Cathar Country; Notes; Selected Bibliography.
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