The Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade
Author | : M. D. Costen |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1997-11-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 0719043328 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780719043321 |
Rating | : 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
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.