1243-1244 - Montsegur (21 juill. 1243 – 21 janv. 1244)

Description:

 Cathars’ last military stand
 Beseiged May 1243 – March 1244 by 10000 Northern French troops
 220 perfecti burned
• Set fire to their own enclosure rather than go with the troops
• About 25 took vows to become perfecti weeks before massacre
• Motivation: belief in imminent end-times?

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