The Cathars by Malcolm Barber

The Cathars by Malcolm Barber

This book examines how in the twelfth century the Cathars raised fundamental issues of faith and the nature of society, issues which remain deeply relevant to our own time.

This book is beautifully writtenWhile 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

Barber, Malcolm: - Malcolm Barber is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Reading. His other publications include The Two Cities. Medieval Europe 1050-1320 (1992, 2004), The Cathars. Dualist Heretics in Languedoc (2000) and The New Knighthood. A History of the Order of the Temple (Cambridge,1994).

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ISBN 13	9781408252581
ISBN 10	1408252589
Title	The Cathars
Author	Malcolm Barber
Series	The Medieval World
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2013-06-27
Number of pages	358
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