The Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade brings together a rich and diverse range of medieval sources to examine key aspects of the growth of heresy and dissent in southern France in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and the Church’s response to that threat through the subsequent authorisation of the Albigensian crusade. Aimed at students and scholars alike, the documents it discusses – papal letters, troubadour songs, contemporary chronicles in Latin and the vernacular, and inquisitorial documents – reflect a deeper perception of medieval heresy and the social, political and religious implications of crusading than has hitherto been possible. The reader is introduced to themes which are crucial to our understanding of the medieval world: ideologies of crusading and holy war, the complex nature of Catharism, the Church’s implementation of diverse strategies to counter heresy, the growth of papal inquisition, southern French counter-strategies of resistance and rebellion, and the uses of Latin and the vernacular to express regional and cultural identity. This timely and highly original collection not only brings together previously unexplored and in some cases unedited material, but provides a nuanced and multi-layered view of the religious, social and political dimensions of one of the most infamous conflicts of the High Middle Ages. This book is a valuable resource for all students, teachers and researchers of medieval history and the crusades.
Author(s): Catherine Léglu, Rebecca Rist, Claire Taylor
Publisher: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group
Year: 2014
Language: English
Pages: 261
Tags: Albigenses: History: Sources, Christian Heresies: France: Languedoc: History: Middle Ages, 600-1500: Sources, Crusades: Sources
Cover
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Half Title
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Title Page
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Copyright Page
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Table of Contents
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Acknowledgements
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A Note on the Editors and Translators
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A Note on the Translations
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Primary Sources
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Map of the High-Medieval
Languedoc
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Historical Introduction
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Section 1:
Papal Letters......Page 44
Introduction......Page 46
1.1.1
Cum unus Dominus......Page 55
1.1.2 Ad sponse sue
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1.1.3 Inveterata pravitatis heretice
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1.1.4 Ne nos ejus
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1.1.5 Devotionem vestram dignis
......Page 63
1.1.7
Cum jam captis......Page 64
1.1.8
Is in cujus......Page 66
1.1.9 Etsi Tolosanorum excessus
......Page 69
1.1.10
Quot et quanta......Page 70
1.2.1
Populus Israel a......Page 73
1.2.2
Deo in Cujus......Page 75
1.2.3
Ad colligendum zizania......Page 78
1.2.4
Justis petentium desideriis......Page 80
1.2.5
Quum quidam Christianae......Page 81
1.2.6 Cum venerabiles fratres
......Page 82
1.2.7
Dignas Deo laudes......Page 83
1.2.8
Mirabiles elationes maris......Page 84
1.3.1
Ardenti desiderio aspirantes......Page 87
1.3.2
Licet alia vice......Page 89
1.4.1
Ad extirpanda......Page 91
Section 2:
Troubadour Poetry......Page 96
Introduction......Page 98
Three Vidas: Peire Cardenal, Aimeric de Pegulhan
and Perdigon......Page 102
2.1.1 Guilhem Augier Novella, ‘Quascus plor e planh son damnatge’
......Page 106
2.1.2 Gavaudan, ‘A la pus longa nuech de l’an’
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2.1.3 Pons de Capduelh, ‘So c’om plus vol e Plus es volontos’
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2.1.4 Anonymous, ‘Vai Hugonet, ses bistenssa’
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2.1.5 Raimon de Miraval, razo and canso ‘bel m’es qu’ieu chant e coindei’
......Page 112
2.1.6 Peire Cardenal, ‘Razos es qu’ieu m’esbaudei’
......Page 115
2.1.7 Peire Cardenal, ‘Tals cuida be’
......Page 116
2.1.8 Tomier and Palaizi ‘A tornar m’er enquer al premier us’
......Page 117
2.1.9 Gui de Cavaillon, ‘Senh’en coms, s
aber volria’......Page 119
2.1.10 Gui de Cavaillon, ‘Doas coblas farai’
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2.1.11 Raimon Escrivan, ‘Senhors, l’autrier vi ses falhida’
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2.1.12 Peire Cardenal, ‘Ben volgra, si dieus o volgues’
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2.1.13 Tomier and Palaizi, ‘De chantar farai una esdemessa’
......Page 124
2.1.14 Bernart de la Barta, ‘Foilla ni flors,
ni chautz temps
ni freidura’......Page 125
2.1.15 Bernart Sicart de Marvéjols, ‘Ab greu cossire’
......Page 126
2.1.16 The view from England: Guillaume le Clerc de Normandie, Le Besant de Dieu,
(extracts)......Page 127
Part 2.2.
Religion......Page 130
2.2.1 Peire Cardenal, ‘L’arcivesques de Narbona’
......Page 131
2.2.2 Peire Cardenal, ‘L’afar del comte Guio’
......Page 132
2.2.3 Peire Cardenal, ‘Un sirventés vuelh far dels auls glotos’
......Page 134
2.2.4 Peire Cardenal, ‘Clergue si fan pastor
......Page 135
2.2.5 Peire Cardenal, ‘Ab votz d’angel’
......Page 136
2.2.6 Guilhem Figueira, ‘Un sirventés farai en est son que m’agensa’
......Page 138
2.2.7 Gormonda de Montpellier, ‘Greu m’es a durar
......Page 142
2.2.8 Folquet
de Marseille ‘Vers Dieus, e.l vostre nom e de sancta maria’......Page 145
2.2.9 Gavaudan, ‘Crezens, fis, verays et entiers’
......Page 147
2.2.10 Peire Cardenal, ‘Un sirventés novel vueill comensar’
......Page 148
Section 3:
Inquisitors’ Registers......Page 152
Introduction......Page 154
Part 3.1.
Extracts from Summaries of Crimes and Sentences passed by Brother Peter Seilan in the Diocese of Cahors, 1241–2......Page 158
3.1.1 Gourdon,
1–24 December 1241......Page 160
3.1.2 Montauban and Moissac, 2–9 May
1241......Page 163
3.1.3 Montcuq, Sauveterre, Beaucaire, Montpezat, Almont and Castelnau-montratier, 10 February–24 March 1242
......Page 164
Part 3.2.
Extracts from Depositions of Witnesses from Castelsarrasin Interrogated by Bernard of Caux, 1243–5......Page 167
3.2.1 Pons Grimoard and Na Arnaude
......Page 169
3.2.2 Na Berètges and Othon of Berètges
......Page 174
3.2.3
John Vital......Page 175
3.2.4 Izarn, Lord of Tauriac and Na Finas, his Wife
......Page 176
Part 3.3.
Extracts from Depositions after the Siege and Fall of Montségur (1243–4), 1244......Page 180
3.3.1
Philippa of Mirepoix......Page 181
3.3.2
Berengar of Le Lavelanet......Page 182
3.3.3
Raymond of Péreille......Page 184
3.4.1
Brother William Cougot......Page 187
3.4.2
Brother Doat of Rodez......Page 189
3.4.3
Brother William Garcias......Page 191
Part 3.5.
Extracts from Depositions Relating to the Circle of Raymond Unaud of Lanta, 1 August 1245 and 8 October 1247......Page 193
3.5.1
Raymond Unaud......Page 194
3.5.2
Raymond Adhemar of Lanta......Page 195
3.6.1 Childhood......Page 197
3.6.2 Belief
......Page 199
Section 4:
Chronicles and Narratives......Page 202
Introduction......Page 204
4.1.1 Fall of Béziers, 1209
(William of Tudela)......Page 205
4.1.2 Fall of Lavaur, 1211
(William of Tudela)......Page 208
4.1.3 Battle of Muret, 1213 (the Anonymous Continuator)
......Page 210
4.1.4
Death of Simon of Montfort, 1218 (the Anonymous Continuator)......Page 212
Introduction......Page 216
4.2.1 On Cathars......Page 217
4.2.2 The Siege and Fall of Lavaur, 1211
......Page 218
4.2.3 The Battle of Muret, 1213
......Page 221
4.3.1 The Battle of Muret, 1213
......Page 224
4.3.3 The Siege and Fall of Montségur
1243–4......Page 225
4.4.1 After the Peace of Paris......Page 227
Introduction......Page 231
4.5.1 The Tale of the Heretic......Page 232
Further Reading......Page 238
Index of Persons
......Page 246
General Index......Page 254
