The Perfect Heresy
The Life and Death of the Cathars
Published on 21. May 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-1-86197-350-4 (ISBN)
Description
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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Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
252 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-86197-350-4 (9781861973504)
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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