This study takes the case of the Trencavel Viscounts of Beziers and Carcassonne, who were the only members of the higher nobility to lose their lands to the cru

A compelling introduction to the war against the heretics of Languedoc launched in 1209, combined with a description of the political, economic, religious and s

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In 1208 Pope Innocent III called for a Crusade--this time against a country of fellow Christians. The new enemy: Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse, one of the great

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