Catharism

one of the four canonical gospels in the New Testament

Carcassonne is a French fortified city in the department of Aude, region of Occitania. It is the prefecture of the department.

Catharism ( ; from the , "the pure ones") was a Christian quasi-dualist and pseudo-Gnostic movement which thrived in northern Italy and southern France between the 12th and 14th centuries. Denounced as a heretical sect by the Catholic Church, its followers were attacked first by the Albigensian Crusade and later by the Medieval Inquisition, which eradicated them by 1350. Thousands were slaughtered, hanged, or burned at the stake.

1209 military campaigns against Catharism in southern France

Rennes-le-Château (; ) is a commune approximately 5 km (3 miles) south of Couiza, in the Aude department in the Occitanie region in Southern France.

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Caussou (; ) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France.

Montaillou (; ) is a commune in the Ariège department in the south of France. Its original, medieval location was abandoned and the current village is a short distance away.

Count of Toulouse

Crusader army of Simon IV de Montfort defeated the Catharist, Aragonese and Catalan forces of Peter II of Aragon, at Muret near Toulouse

1229 treaty between the king of France and duke of Toulouse on the Provence territory

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ruined castle in Cucugnan, France

German SS officer and writer (1904–1939)

series of Inquisitions from around 1184, including the Episcopal Inquisition and later the Papal Inquisition

Peyrepertuse (; Languedocien: Castèl de Pèirapertusa) is a ruined fortress and one of the so-called Cathar castles located high in the French Pyrénées in the commune of Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse, in the Aude département, and has been associated with the Counts of Narbonne and Barcelona. It was the former seigneury of the Peyrepertusès (in Occitan Pèirapertusés) which means "pierced stone."

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1209 killing of Cathars during the Albigensian Crusade

1235 crusade against Bosnian heretics

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Cathar Perfect

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medieval castles in Languedoc, France

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bishop of Osma

1243 13th-century siege of Cathar fortress in France

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castle in Arques (Aude)

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(called heretication by its Catholic opponents) was the unique sacrament of the Cathars.

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Spanish theologian

Catholic cardinal

Bogomil apocryphal text and Cathar scripture

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1210 siege of the Albigensian Crusade

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Cathar parfait

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Andorran feudal ruler (died 1237)

ruined castle in France

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ruined castle in Aude, France

castle in Occitania

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essay by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie

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13th-century Catholic inquisitor