Medievalists.net » Albigensian http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Friars Preachers: The First Hundred Years of the Dominican Order http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/07/friars-preachers-first-hundred-years-dominican-order/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/07/friars-preachers-first-hundred-years-dominican-order/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2014 00:40:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52412 When Dominic of Caleruega began preaching in southern France in the early 1200s, he would have had no idea of the far reaching influence that the band of men he would attract would leave such a broad and enduring influence on medieval history.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/07/friars-preachers-first-hundred-years-dominican-order/feed/ 0 Medieval reads for Dad! http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/15/medieval-reads-for-dad/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/15/medieval-reads-for-dad/#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:14:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=32793 Father’s Day is just around the corner - here are some fun medieval reads to make his day special!

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/15/medieval-reads-for-dad/feed/ 0 Retroactive Heresy: The influence of early Christian heresies on the identification and reaction to heretical sects http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/20/retroactive-heresy-the-influence-of-early-christian-heresies-on-the-identification-and-reaction-to-heretical-sects/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/20/retroactive-heresy-the-influence-of-early-christian-heresies-on-the-identification-and-reaction-to-heretical-sects/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:28:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29415 The medieval Church viewed itself as Defender of the Faith, the destroyer of the unbelievers, the wrong believers. These heretics were to be reviled and feared as perverters of God’s word. The perverters of orthodoxy were, ultimately, not to be distinguished from one another, but rather known by catchphrases.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/20/retroactive-heresy-the-influence-of-early-christian-heresies-on-the-identification-and-reaction-to-heretical-sects/feed/ 0 CATHARISM AND THE TAROT http://www.medievalists.net/2011/11/27/catharism-and-the-tarot/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/11/27/catharism-and-the-tarot/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:11:58 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=27491 The idea of heretical origins for the Tarot still attracts attention because the Medieval heresies share two important traits with modern Tarotists.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/11/27/catharism-and-the-tarot/feed/ 0 The Albigensian Crusades http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/01/the-albigensian-crusades/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/01/the-albigensian-crusades/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:18:59 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=23503 Articles about the Albigensian Crusades: CONFLICT AND CONSCIENCE: IDEOLOGICAL WAR AND THE ALBIGENSIAN CRUSADE, by John W. Bauer On Cathars, Albigenses, and good men of Languedoc, by Mark Gregory Pegg The Polemical use of the Albigensian Crusade during the French Wars of Religion, by Luc Racaut The Albigensian Crusade:A Historiographical Essay, by Eric O. Rummel The […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/01/the-albigensian-crusades/feed/ 0 Conflict and Conscience: Ideological War and the Albigensian Crusade http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/23/conflict-and-conscience-ideological-war-and-the-albigensian-crusade/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/23/conflict-and-conscience-ideological-war-and-the-albigensian-crusade/#comments Sun, 24 Jul 2011 01:32:51 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=23181 This thesis is a case study on ethics within war. The thirteenth century Albigensian Crusade was a war against a heretical religious ideology known as Catharism whose tenets threatened the social order of Europe.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/23/conflict-and-conscience-ideological-war-and-the-albigensian-crusade/feed/ 0 The Polemical use of the Albigensian Crusade during the French Wars of Religion http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/18/22944/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/18/22944/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:51:19 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=22944 The Polemical use of the Albigensian Crusade during the French Wars of Religion Racaut, Luc French History 13, 3 (1999) Abstract From the outset of the Reformation, Catholic authors had sought to draw parallels between Protestantism and earlier heresies. In France, members of the Sorbonne took arguments from controversies against a variety of heretical groups which […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/18/22944/feed/ 0 Amor vs. Roma: Cathars and the Birth of the Inquisition http://www.medievalists.net/2011/06/16/amor-vs-roma-cathars-and-the-birth-of-the-inquisition/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/06/16/amor-vs-roma-cathars-and-the-birth-of-the-inquisition/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 02:27:06 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=21895 Amor vs. Roma: Cathars and the Birth of the Inquisition From the CBC Radio series Ideas, this 2-part show examines the rise and fall of the Cathars, medieval Christians who were pacifist, ecstatic, feminist, and contrary to the Catholic Church of thirteenth century France. They were exterminated in a classic crusade and Inquisition, invented to […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/06/16/amor-vs-roma-cathars-and-the-birth-of-the-inquisition/feed/ 0 Beziers 1209: The Great Butchery http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/18/beziers-1209-the-great-butchery/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/18/beziers-1209-the-great-butchery/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 13:26:09 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=20803 This short documentary is based on the writings of William of Tuleda and detail the fall and massacre of the town of Beziers on July 22, 1209 during the Albigensian Crusade. Produced by Aline Caldwell, this film comes in English and French versions: Please visit Aline Caldwell’s website or Youtube Channel for more information.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/18/beziers-1209-the-great-butchery/feed/ 0 The Albigensian Crusade: A Comparative Military Study, 1209-1218 http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/25/the-albigensian-crusade-a-comparative-military-study-1209-1218/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/25/the-albigensian-crusade-a-comparative-military-study-1209-1218/#comments Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:55:58 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=19081 The Albigensian Crusade: A Comparative Military Study, 1209-1218 By Michael Taulier Abstract: This thesis addresses the military aspects of the Albigensian Crusade in the region of Languedoc between 1209 and 1218. The purpose of the research is to move beyond the conventional focus on Catharism and its attendant heresy in order to examine the martial […]

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