First, the facts: Beginning in 1163, bishops were instructed to discover heresy and act against heretics—especially the group known as the Albigenses. There followed two more "waves" of ...

was to launch a Crusade to match that of Innocent III against the Albigenses when, in the massacres of Bezier (1209) and the battle of Muret (1213), thousands of innocent cranks were put to the sword.

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and the Albigenses of western Europe, during the early days of the awakening of the lay elements in the Latin and Greek churches. Upon these elements were later built the moral and intellectual ...

Palombaro, Ottavio 2021. A Fruitful or Wild French Vineyard? Distinguishing the Religious Roots of Albigenses and Waldensians in the Twelfth Century. Socio-Historical Examination of Religion and ...