- Paperback: 448 pages
- Publisher: Phoenix; TRADE PAPERBACK LATEST edition (Feb 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1842124285
- ISBN-13: 978-1842124284
- Product Dimensions: 3.2 x 14 x 21 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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A best-selling history of the Third Crusade, when the Catholic Church waged war against heretics in its own ranks
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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 where the langue d'oc was spoken. So began the Albigensian Crusade (named after the French town of Albi), which was to culminate in 1244 with the massacre of Cathars at the mountain fortress of Montségur. This Crusade was the Catholic Church's response to the rapid growth of a rival Christian religion in the very heart of Christendom - the religion of the Cathars (or 'pure ones'). These heretics drew their strength from the consciousness of belonging to a faith that had never seen eye to eye with Catholicism and was more ancient than the Church itself. From the beginning this religious war was to show all the characteristics of a national resistance movement, so that in the end it was not just the survival of the Cathar faith that was at stake but also that of the Languedoc itself as an autonomous and independent region of France.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Fabulous, informative read,
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This review is from: Massacre At Montsegur: A History Of The Albigensian Crusade (Paperback)
The book is an exciting read and gives a depth and breadth of research, and erudition, that is hard to find on this subject. She follows through from the roots of the movement, its social and political context of the time, and its sister movements such as the Vaudois or Waldesians that were to be persecuted by the Catholic Church all the way through to the 16th century. But most of all, this is a history of the Catholic Church and the beginning of the Inquisition.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent history of the fall of the Cathars in Languedoc,
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This review is from: Massacre At Montsegur: A History Of The Albigensian Crusade (Paperback)
This is a well written and interesting read that combines historical facts with a fluent writing style worthy of an adventure writer. It covers the period of the inquisition against the Cathars in the Languedoc in the 12th and 13th centuries and reveals the politics behind the campaign to destroy Catharism. It is evident that the author sympathises with the Cathars whom she depicts as the heroes even though they were seen by the Church at the time as heretics who should be burned to death for their belief in an alternative doctrine.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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A great overwiew,
By A. Fosse "Neet" (Brussels, Belgium) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Massacre At Montsegur: A History Of The Albigensian Crusade (Paperback)
This book gives you a great overwiew of the albigensian crusades and is a great start for someone interested in this period of turmoil between the church of Rome and the Cathars. I find it to be well written and researched and giving an insight into politics and life in the midi versus the rest of France and gives you a better understanding and foundation for further reading.
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