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The Yellow Cross Rene Weis

The Yellow Cross By Rene Weis

The Yellow Cross by Rene Weis


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Summary

In the 13th century, a group of heretics in southwest France, the Cathars, became a serious threat to the Catholic church. In several waves of repression, thousands of Cathars were killed. Yet so ardent was their faith that, early in the next century, the Cathars rose one last time. This title tells the story of this historical episode.

The Yellow Cross Summary

The Yellow Cross: The Story of the Last Cathars 1290-1329 by Rene Weis

In the 13th century, a group of heretics in southwest France, the Cathars, became a serious threat to the Catholic church. In several waves of repression, thousands of Cathars were killed. Yet so ardent was their faith that, early in the next century, the Cathars rose one last time. Using the breathtakingly detailed and uniquely extant documentation from this period, and drawing on his intimate knowledge of the last Cathars' tracks and hiding places, many of which survive to this day, Rene Weis tells the full story of this gripping historical episode.

About Rene Weis

Rene Weis was born in 1953. He is Professor of English Literature at UCL and the author of Criminal Justice: The True Story of Edith Thompson, first published in 1988 to critical acclaim.

Table of Contents

The people of Montaillou; the steward, the chatelaine and the demon priest - 1291-1301; exodus to Lombardy - 1296; the last perfect's return - 1299-1300; betrayal and consolidation - 1300; Pierre Maury and the Cathars of Arques; Montaillou 1300-1305; the Cathars and Guillemette Maury - 1305-7; wedding-bells in Montaillou - 1307-8; the consolidation of Guillaume Guilabert -May 1308; the martyrs of Junac - 1308-10; the day the soldiers came - 8 September 1308; endgame, and a new beginning - 1309-16; Jacques Fournier, Bishop of Pamiers - 1317; from the Fenouilledes into Catalonia - 1307-14; Sant Mateu, Morella, Beceite and Montaillou again - 1315-18; the traitor, the perfect, a wedding and a divorce - 1318-20; the sting; Pamiers 1321-2; the last trials of Montaillou; inside Allemans prison in 1321; epilogue -Benoit XII and the citoyens.

Additional information

GOR001244261
9780140276695
0140276696
The Yellow Cross: The Story of the Last Cathars 1290-1329 by Rene Weis
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
20010802
528
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