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Abattoir Christianity Christopher Bland enjoys this study of the mysterious and persecuted Cathars
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THE ALBIGENSIAN Crusade, the first of its kind against Europeans
and Christians, was formally launched by Pope Innocent III in 1209,
ushering in an era of abattoir Christianity in the Languedoc that
lasted almost 100 years.
When BIziers was captured in 1209, the Papal Legate, Arnaud
Amaury, was asked how the crusaders could recognise the 200 or so
Cathars among the mainly Catholic population. ``Kill them all. God
will recognise his own,'' he replied -- and over 9,000 were
slaughtered. ...
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Books: Carnage in the name of God `Kill them all; God will know his own.' The genocide unleashed by Pope and Church can still shock us after 800 years. But who were their victims, and why did they inspire such hatred? By David V Barrett
The Independent - London
; The Perfect Heresy: the life and death of the Cathars by Stephen O'Shea Profile Books, pounds 15, 333pp The Yellow Cross: the story of the last Cathars by Rene Weis Viking, pounds 20, 453pp A hot July morning in 1209: the northern French army was massing outside the walls of Beziers in the
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Journal of Church and State
; The Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade. By Michael Costen. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 1997. 229 pp. np. The pontificate of Innocent III (1198-1216) is generally viewed as a watershed in the history of church-state relations. A serious theologian as well as a canon lawyer
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The Cathars.
Church History
; ... Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 1999. viii + 344 pp. 10 photos. 11 maps. $31.95 paper. The Cathars: Dualist Heretics in Languedoc in ... Medieval World. New York: Longman, 2000. xvi + 282 pp. 18 photos. 7 maps. 3 tables, n.p. Each of these two fine books tackles a much-discussed ...
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The Yellow Cross: The Story of the Last Cathars, 1290-1329.
Journal of Church and State
; By Rene Weis. New York: Knopf, 2001. Pp. 399. $35.00. Catharism was one of the most enduring heresies of the Middle Ages and presented one of the greatest challenges ever mounted against the Roman church. Despite the violent suppression of the sect in the so-called Albigensian Crusade of the early
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The Chronicle of William of Puylaurens: the Albigensian Crusade and its Aftermath.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Medium Aevum
; ... English of the main narrative sources for the crusade against Occitan heretics. Elegantly produced, the volume contains four maps and useful genealogical tables of the counts of Toulouse and their relations with the House of Barcelona/ Aragon and the French ...
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