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1	A Most Holy War: The Albigensian Crusade and the Battle for Christendom more books like this by Mark Gregory Pegg add to wishlist In January of 1208, a papal legate was murdered on the banks of the Rhone in southern France. A furious Pope Innocent III accused heretics of the crime and called upon all Christians to exterminate heresy between the Garonne and Rhone rivers--a vast region now known as Languedoc--in a great crusade. This most holy war, the first in which ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $11.63! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Love in the Western World more books like this by Denis De Rougemont add to wishlist Denis de Rougement studies the history of the love affair in the Western imagination, from "Tristan and Isolde" to Hollywood. see all copies from $2.58! new only from $29.95! \| first editions
3	Massacre at Montsegur: A History of the Albigensian Crusade more books like this by Zoe Oldenbourg add to wishlist In 1208 Pope Innocent III called for a Crusade against a country of fellow-Christians. The new enemy was Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse, one of the greatest princes in Western Christendom, premier baron of all the territories in southern France where the langue d'oc was spoken. So began the Albigensian Crusade (named after the French town of Albi), ... see all copies from $6.92! new only from $17.93! \| first editions
4	The perfect heresy : the life and death of the Cathars more books like this by Stephen O'Shea add to wishlist see all copies from $4.06! new only from $12.67! \| first editions
5	Montsegur and the Mystery of the Cathars more books like this by Jean Markale, Jon Graham (Translator) add to wishlist Celtic and medieval scholar Jean Markale meticulously searches the obscure history of the Cathars of ancient Persia. He explores their doctrine, their secret pact with the Knights Templar, and why they earned the ruthless persecution of Church and state. Using all available documentation, Markale reveals the nature of the mysterious treasure ... see all copies from $5.28! new only from $8.90! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Love in the Western world more books like this by Denis de Rougemont add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
7	The Perfect Heresy: The Revolutionary Life and Death of the Medieval Cathars more books like this by Stephen O'Shea add to wishlist O'Shea eloquently chronicles the life and death of the Cathar movement, one of Western civilization's most mind-boggling tales. The extermination of these heretical Christians around 1200 A.D. unleashed the Inquisition, a terrifying new force that would torment Europe for centuries. 15 illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.55! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	The great heresy more books like this by Arthur Guirdham add to wishlist A study of the history and beliefs of Catharism. see all copies from $10.00! new only from $35.00! \| first editions
9	Power & Purity: Cathar Heresy in Medieval Italy more books like this by Carol Lansing add to wishlist Catharism was a popular medieval heresy based on the belief that the creation of humankind was a disaster in which angelic spirits were trapped in matter by the devil. Their only goal was to escape the body through purification. Cathars denied any value to material life, including the human body, baptism, and the Eucharist, even marriage and ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $24.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Crusade Against the Grail: The Struggle Between the Cathars, the Templars, and the Church of Rome more books like this by Otto Rahn, Christopher Jones (Translator) add to wishlist This is the daring book that popularized the legend of the Cathars and the Holy Grail. It presents the history of the Papal persecution of the Cathars that lies hidden in the medieval epic Parzival and in the poetry of the troubadours. Crusade Against the Grail has never appeared in English until now. see all copies from $7.49! new only from $9.68! \| first editions \| SVS
11	The Fire and the Light: A Novel of the Cathars and the Lost Teachings of Christ more books like this by Glen Craney add to wishlist In Southern France, a secret scroll holds stunning revelations about Jesus Christ. A charismatic priestess must defy Rome to preserve the truth. Christianity will enter its darkest hour and emerge forever changed. From a richly detailed backdrop of religious persecution and political rivalries springs the little-known but true story of Esclarmonde ... see all copies from $10.80! new only from $20.84! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Blue Flame more books like this by K M Grant add to wishlist Many years have passed since the Occitanian knights killed Richard the Lionheart in a courageous battle to keep the Blue Flame--sparked at the moment of Christ's death--from falling into the wrong hands. Now it is in danger again as enemies from the north draw near. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.24! \| SVS
13 view cover	The Color of a Dog Running Away more books like this by Richard Gwyn, Father add to wishlist A love story, tale of adventure, historical thriller, and evocative tour of Barcelona, this work is a dazzling blend of the surreal and the ordinary, a novel that beguiles and disturbs in equal measure. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The yellow cross : the story of the last Cathars, 1290-1329 more books like this by René J. A. Weis add to wishlist In the 13th century, a group of heretics in southwest France, the Cathars, became a serious threat to the Catholic church. In several waves of repression, thousands of Cathars were killed. Yet so ardent was their faith that, early in the next century, the Cathars rose one last time. Using the breathtakingly detailed and uniquely extant ... see all copies from $4.88! new only from $14.06! \| first editions
15 view cover	Montaillou: Cathars and Catholics in a French Village, 1294-1324 more books like this by Homer, Ladurie, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie add to wishlist see all copies from $5.34! new only from $13.26! \| first editions
16 view cover	God's Heretics: The Albigensian Crusade more books like this by Dr. Aubrey Burl add to wishlist Believing in a radical separation of good and evil, flesh and spirit, the heretical medieval Cathar sect separated themselves from the rest of the world, often in soaring castles or fortified churches. The full power of the Church was unleashed against these heretics, but after an Inquisition failed to bring them back to the fold armed force was ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $7.74! \| first editions
17 view cover	The Albigensian Crusade more books like this by Jonathan Sumption add to wishlist The sect that arose during the 11th- and 12th-centuries around the town of Albi, France was influenced by a Persian religious figure, Marni, who advocated a dualistic picture of the universe. The Catholic Church determined that the sect was heretical and, in 1208, launched a crusade that destroyed the Albigensian way of life. This book is both a ... see all copies from $5.99! new only from $15.49! \| first editions
18 view cover	The Cathars: Dualist Heretics in Languedoc in the High Middle Ages more books like this by Malcolm Barber add to wishlist The Cathars are one of the most famous heretical movements of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. They infiltrated the highest ranks of society and posed a major threat not only to the Catholic Church but also to secular authorities as well. The movement was finally smashed by the crusade and the inquisitional proceedings that ... see all copies from $37.37! new only from $41.75! \| SVS
19	Montaillou : Cathars and Catholics in a French village 1294-1324 more books like this by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $51.54!
20 view cover	The Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade more books like this by Michael Costen add to wishlist This is a compelling introduction to the war against the heretics of Languedoc launched in 1209, combined with a description of the political. economic, religious and social conditions of south-western France in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Michael Costen shows why the Cathar heresy came to flourish and how the campaign against it ... see all copies from $20.99! new only from $28.71! \| SVS
21 view cover	The Cathars more books like this by Malcolm Lambert add to wishlist This is the first comprehensive account in English of the most feared and the most mysterious of medieval heretics. A crusade was launched to uproot them in the south of France, the Inquisition was developed to suppress them, and St Dominic founded his friars to preach against them. Their history and that of the medieval Church are inextricably ... see all copies from $15.32! new only from $28.33! \| first editions
22 view cover	Secret Heresy of Hieronymus Bosch more books like this by Lynda Harris add to wishlist The bizarre and fantastic paintings of the Dutch artist Hieronymus Bosch have puzzled and intrigued their viewers for centuries. Following years of research which have taken her to every corner of Europe, Lynda Harris offers surprising new insights into Bosch's detailed and cryptic visual fantasies. Drawing on a wide variety of new sources, she ... see all copies from $39.95! new only from $43.90!
23 view cover	White Heat: Book Two of the Perfect Fire Trilogy more books like this by K M Grant add to wishlist Raimon has escaped the pyre and heads into hiding deep within the mountains of the Occitan. Although he longs to follow Yolanda to Paris where she has been forced to marry Sir Hugh, he must fulfill his duty of protecting the Blue Flame to save their beloved country from the advancing forces set on destroying it. see all copies from $3.99! new only from $8.25! \| first editions \| SVS
24	The Treasure of Montsegur: A Study of the Cathar Heresy and the Nature of the Cathar Secret more books like this by Walter Birks add to wishlist see all copies from $12.50! signed copies
25 view cover	The Chronicle of William of Puylaurens: The Albigensian Crusade and Its Aftermath more books like this by William, G F Pegg, W a Sibly (Translator) add to wishlist The Albigensian Crusade, which forms the main subject of William of Puylaurens' Chronicle, was a defining episode in the history of France. Launched in 1209 by Pope Innocent III, it was directed against the aristocracy of southern France (especially the Counts of Toulouse) who were accused of protecting heresy, and especially Catharism, a dualist ... see all copies from $84.94! new only from $94.91! \| SVS

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