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The Occitan War : a military and political history of the Albigensian Crusade, 1209-1218 /

In 1209 Simon of Montfort led a war against the Cathars of Languedoc after Pope Innocent III preached a crusade condemning them as heretics. The suppression of heresy became a pretext for a vicious war that remains largely unstudied as a military conflict. Laurence Marvin here examines the Albigensi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marvin, Laurence Wade, 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The campaign of 1209
  • Simon of Montfort and the campaign of 1210
  • The campaign of 1211
  • Drawing the noose: the campaign year of 1212
  • The athlete of Christ triumphs: late 1212 through Muret 1213
  • From Muret to Casseneuil: September 1213 to December 1214
  • The two councils and Prince Louis's crusade, January-December 1215
  • The southern counter-attack begins: February 1216 to fall 1217
  • The second siege of Toulouse and the end of the chief crusader: 1217-1218
  • Aftermath and epilogue.