Massacre At Montsegur

A History Of The Albigensian Crusade

Zoe Oldenbourg

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
01 April 2001

History; European history; Early history: c 500 to c 1450&1500; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Warfare & defence

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 Montsegur.

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.

By: Zoe Oldenbourg
Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 136mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 440g
ISBN: 9781842124284
ISBN 10: 1842124285
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 01 April 2001
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Zoe Oldenbourg was born in St Petersburg in 1916 and was educated at the Lycee Moliere and the Sorbonne in Paris.