The Albigensian Crusade
The Albigensian Crusade

Author: Jonathan Sumption

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Published: 2011-05-05

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 0571266576

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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

A Most Holy War
A Most Holy War

Author: Mark Gregory Pegg

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2009-10-30

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 0195393104

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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.

The Cathars
The Cathars

Author: Malcolm Barber

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-17

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 1317890396

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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.

The Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade
The Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade

Author: M. D. Costen

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 1997-11-15

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780719043321

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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.

Historia Albigensium
Historia Albigensium

Author: Petrus

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Incorporated

Published: 1998-01-01

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 9780851156583

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First English translation of important contemporary source for the history of the Cathar heresy and the Albigensian crusade.

Crusade Against the Grail
Crusade Against the Grail

Author: Otto Rahn

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2006-09-22

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 1594777217

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The first English translation of the book that reveals the Cathar stronghold at Montségur to be the repository of the Holy Grail • Presents the history of the Papal persecution of the Cathars that lies hidden in the medieval epic Parzival and in the poetry of the troubadours • Provides new insights into the life and death of this gifted and controversial author Crusade Against the Grail is the daring book that popularized the legend of the Cathars and the Holy Grail. The first edition appeared in Germany in 1933 and drew upon Rahn’s account of his explorations of the Pyrenean caves where the heretical Cathar sect sought refuge during the 13th century. Over the years the book has been translated into many languages and exerted a large influence on such authors as Trevor Ravenscroft and Jean-Michel Angebert, but it has never appeared in English until now. Much as German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann used Homer’s Iliad to locate ancient Troy, Rahn believed that Wolfram von Eschenbach’s medieval epic Parzival held the keys to the mysteries of the Cathars and the secret location of the Holy Grail. Rahn saw Parzival not as a work of fiction, but as a historical account of the Cathars and the Knights Templar and their guardianship of the Grail, a “stone from the stars.” The Crusade that the Vatican led against the Cathars became a war pitting Roma (Rome) against Amor (love), in which the Church triumphed with flame and sword over the pure faith of the Cathars.