Massacre At Montsegur: A History Of The Albigensian Crusade by Zoe Oldenbourg - ISBN: 9781842124284
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Heretics, Crusades, and Massacre: A fight for faith and freedom.

Massacre At Montsegur: A History Of The Albigensian Crusade

A History of the Albigensian Crusade

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    448 pages

  • Release Date

    1 April 2001

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Summary

In 1208, Pope Innocent III called for a Crusade against a fellow-Christian, Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse. Raymond VI was one of the most powerful princes in Western Christendom and the premier baron of all territories in southern France where the langue d’oc was spoken. This marked the beginning of the Albigensian Crusade, named after the French town of Albi, which concluded in 1244 with the massacre of Cathars at the mountain fortress of Montsegur.

This Crusade was the Catholic Chur…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781842124284
ISBN-10:1842124285
Author:Zoe Oldenbourg
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:448
Edition:2nd
Release Date:1 April 2001
Weight:442g
Dimensions:214mm x 136mm x 38mm
Series:Phoenix Press
About The Author

Zoe Oldenbourg

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

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