The Perfect Heresy: The Life and Death of the Cathars

The Perfect Heresy: The Life and Death of the Cathars

by StephenO'Shea (Author)

Synopsis

Eight hundred years ago, the Cathars, a group of heretical Christians from all walks of society, high and low, flourished in what is now the Languedoc in Southern France. Their subversive beliefs brought down on them the wrath of Popes and monarchs and provoked a brutal 'Crusade' against them. The final defeat of the Cathars was horrific with mass burnings of men, women and children in the village of Montaillou in the Pyrenees.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Edition: Main
Publisher: Profile Books
Published: 21 May 2001

ISBN 10: 1861973500
ISBN 13: 9781861973504

Author Bio
Stephen O'Shea, for many years a journalist in Paris and New York, contributed to a wide variety of publications on the arts and translated French feature films. The Friar of Carcassonne is his third book of medieval history. He currently lives with his two daughters in Providence, Rhode Island. stephenosheaonline.com