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The Cathars: Dualist Heretics in Languedoc in the High Middle Ages

Malcolm Barber

PublisherLongman
PublishedJan 15, 2000
LanguageEnglish

The Cathars infiltrated the highest ranks of society and posed a threat not only to the Catholic Church in France but also to the secular authorities. This study examines their heretical beliefs and their violent suppression under the Crusades & Inquisition.