Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade

Informationen zum Autor Michael Costen is Senior Lecturer in Adult Education and Tutor in Historical Studies at the University of Bristol Klappentext Clear introduction to a fascinating subject. Brings together new material on the social background of the 'heresy'. Lovely illustrations and maps. Zusammenfassung An illustrated 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 12th and 13th centuries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction**The Languedoc in the 12th century** The Cathars**The Response to Heresy**The Catholic Church in the Languedoc**The War in the Languedoc**The Pope and the King**The Inquisition**The Languedoc as part of France**

Product details

• Authors: M. D. Costen, M.d. Costen, Michael Costen, Michael Coston
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.09.1997
• EAN: 9780719043321
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-4332-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Manchester Medieval Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories