The Cathars

In the first centuries of our era, Christian dogma slowly developed. Those who moved away from it, heretics, were excluded from the Church and even fought by temporal power. During the 12th century, in all parts of Europe, a dualistic Christianity, Catharism, attracted many believers wishing to adhere to evangelical precepts. Its establishment in the Midi worried ecclesiastical powers. In 1208, Pope Innocent III called for a crusade against these Albigensians. For over a century, tragedies and misfortunes would affect Languedoc, wich was joined to the Kingdom of France in 1271, and from which the Cathar heresy apperaed totally eradicated by 1321.

320 Pages

Summary :

I-Heresy

Dogma and Heresies
- Determining Christian Dogma
- Romanesque Christendom
- Good Christian called Cathars

The Cathars
- Gleisa de Dio
- In all Corners of Europe
- Land of The Albigensians

II - Repression

The Affair of Peace and Faith
- From Anathema to the Crusade
- Crusaders in Christian Lands
- Simon the Conqueror
- The North against the Midi
- Honour and High Birth
- The Royal Crusade

The Time of The Inquisitors

- Wanted Notice
- Montségur
- Languedoc, Land of France
- The Last Cathars

Reference Points

- Map
- Index
- Bibliography, Illustrations