Heresy, Crusade and Inquisition in Medieval Quercy

by Claire Taylor

Investigation of the development of the Cathar heresy in south-west France, looking at how and why its growth differed across the regions.

The medieval county of Quercy in Languedoc lay between the Dordogne and the Toulousain in south-west France; it played a significant role in the history of Catharism, of the Albigensian crusade launched against the heresy in 1209, and of the subsequent inquisition. Although Cathars had come to dominate religious...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1903153387
• ISBN13: 9781903153383
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: York Medieval Press
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.3" x 6.1"