The Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade

The Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade
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Publisher : Manchester University Press
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 0719043328
ISBN-13 : 9780719043321
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Book Synopsis The Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade by : M. D. Costen

Download or read book The Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade written by M. D. Costen and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1997-11-15 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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