
Massacre At Montsegur: A History Of The Albigensian Crusade
A best-selling history of the Third Crusade, when the Catholic Church waged war against heretics in its own ranks
In 1208 Pope Innocent III called for a Crusade against a country of fellow-Christians. The new enemy was Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse, one of the greatest princes in Western Christendom, premier baron of all the territories in southern France where the langue d''oc was spoken. So began...
A best-selling history of the Third Crusade, when the Catholic Church waged war against heretics in its own ranks
In 1208 Pope Innocent III called for a Crusade against a country of fellow-Christians. The new enemy was Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse, one of the greatest princes in Western Christendom, premier baron of all the territories in southern France where the langue d''oc was spoken. So began...