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A Short History Of The Cathars (Paperback, 3rd Ed.)
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A Short History Of The Cathars (Paperback, 3rd Ed.)
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Catharism was the most successful heresy of the Middle Ages.
Flourishing principally in the Languedoc and Italy, the Cathars
taught that the world is evil and must be transcended through a
simple life of prayer, work, fasting and non-violence. They
believed themselves to be the heirs of the true heritage of
Christianity going back to apostolic times, and completely rejected
the Catholic Church and all its trappings, regarding it as the
Church of Satan; Cathar services and ceremonies, by contrast, were
held in fields, barns and in people's homes. Finding support from
the nobility in the fractious political situation in southern
France, the Cathars also found widespread popularity among peasants
and artisans. And again unlike the Church, the Cathars respected
women, and women played a major role in the movement. Alarmed at
the success of Catharism, the Church founded the Inquisition and
launched the Albigensian Crusade to exterminate the heresy. While
previous Crusades had been directed against Muslims in the Middle
East, the Albigensian Crusade was the first Crusade to be directed
against fellow Christians, and was also the first European
genocide. With the fall of the Cathar fortress of Montsegur in
1244, Catharism was largely obliterated, although the faith
survived into the early fourteenth century. Today, the mystique
surrounding the Cathars is as strong as ever, and Sean Martin
recounts their story and the myths associated with them in this
lively and gripping book.
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