Cistercians, Heresy and Crusade in Occitania, 1145-1229: Preaching in the Lord's Vineyard

by Beverly Mayne Kienzle

A study of the involvement of the Cistercian Order in the events surrounding the outbreak of heresy - particularly that of the Cathars and the resulting Albigensian Crusade - in southern France.

Led by the example of Bernard of Clairvaux, Cistercian monks turned their attention to the world outside the monastery walls in response to the threat posed by heretical Christians, in particular the Cathars. The white monks, withother intellectuals,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 190315300X
• ISBN13: 9781903153000
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: York Medieval Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"