This thesis addresses the military aspects of the Albigensian Crusade in the region of Languedoc between 1209 and 1218. Continue reading
Peter of les Vaux-de-Cernay is one of the most important sources for the Albigensian Crusades. It is likely that he traveled with the Crusader armies of Simon de Montfort, and was an eyewitness to many of the events he describes. … Continue reading
The flourishing of a dualist heresy in Languedoc at the end of the twelfth century, known as Catharism, led to conflict with the Catholic Church. After the murder of a Papal legate in 1208, Pope Innocent III ordered a crusade … Continue reading
William of Puylaurens covered events relating to the history of Languedoc from the twelfth century to the mid-1270s. The main subject of his history is the Albigensian Crusade, which lasted from 1209 to 1229. Along with the Historia Albigensis of … Continue reading
There are three great clichés in our view of the Albigensian Crusades which most historians find hard to resist. Continue reading
