The Perfect Heresy : The Life and Death of the Cathars

Informationen zum Autor Stephen O'Shea, for many years a journalist in Paris and New York, contributed to a wide variety of publications on the arts and translated French feature films. The Friar of Carcassonne is his third book of medieval history. He currently lives with his two daughters in Providence, Rhode Island. stephenosheaonline.com Klappentext Eight hundred years ago, the Cathars, a group of heretical Christians from all walks of society, high and low, flourished in what is now the Languedoc in Southern France. Their subversive beliefs brought down on them the wrath of Popes and monarchs and provoked a brutal 'Crusade' against them. The final defeat of the Cathars was horrific with mass burnings of men, women and children in the village of Montaillou in the Pyrenees. Zusammenfassung The Cathars, a group of heretical Christians from all walks of society, high and low, flourished in what is now the Languedoc in Southern France. Their subversive beliefs brought down on them the wrath of Popes and monarchs and provoked a brutal 'Crusade' against them.

Product details

• Authors: O&apos, Stephen O'Shea, O'Shea Stephen, Stephen Shea
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.05.2001
• EAN: 9781861973504
• ISBN: 978-1-86197-350-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 200 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; History, European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, RELIGION / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, CE period up to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval