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

2nd Edition

The Cathars Dualist Heretics in Languedoc in the High Middle Ages

By Malcolm Barber Copyright 2013
358 Pages
by Routledge

358 Pages
by Routledge

360 Pages
by Routledge
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In the second half of the twelfth century, the Catholic Church became convinced that dualist heresy was taking root within Christian society and that it was particularly strong in southern France. The nature and extent of this heresy and the reaction of the Church to the perceived threat have been the focus of extensive research since the mid-nineteenth century, research which has become... Read more
Illustrations, tables, maps, Series editor’s preface to the first edition, Preface to the first edition, Author’s preface to the second edition, Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, Introduction, 1. The spread of Catharism, 2. The Cathars and Languedocian society, 3. The Cathar Church, 4. The Catholic reaction, 5. The decline of Catharism, 6. The last Cathars, 7. Cathars after Catharism, Further reading, References, Tables, Maps, Index

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Malcolm Barber

This book is beautifully written. While it is, generally, a work of synthesis, the sources have been read afresh in the context of recent research. Barber's cool common sense gives a chance to see the religion and the society in which it became rooted in a new light. Highly recommended, but it will disappoint romantics.

Jonathan Riley-Smith, Times Higher Educational Supplement

The book is especially notable for its careful and sensitive attempt to see the Cathars and their beliefs in a concrete, localised context. The author has done his homework on the regional geography and topography of Languedoc to good effect; the location, role and significance of the castrum, or fortified village, which made Catharism as much a rural as an urban heresy, is particularly well set out.

Malcolm Vale, English Historical Review

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