1209-1229 - Albegensian Crusade (jan 21, 1209 – jul 21, 1229)

Description:

 Northern French vs. South
 Overt objective
• Destroy Cathar heresy
 Covert objective
• Get rich
• Best wine was from here
• Now is a good excuse to do it
• If heretics are dead, there are no complaints over seized land
• “Kill them all, let God sort them out”
• All land taken for king of France
• Multiple massacres
 Aftermath:
• Dominican Order takes over
• Seeking and correcting heretics, remaining cathars
• First manifestation of ‘Inquisition’
• Massacre at Montsegur, 1244
 Cathar writings burned
• Few survive: Book of Two Principles
 Last Cathar Perfectus burned 1321
• Quite well rooted in the beliefs of the population

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