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24%OFFZoe Oldenbourg - Massacre at Montsegur: A History of the Albiegensian Crusade - 9781842124284 - V9781842124284
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Massacre at Montsegur: A History of the Albiegensian Crusade

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Description for Massacre at Montsegur: A History of the Albiegensian Crusade Paperback. A best-selling history of the Third Crusade, when the Catholic Church waged war against heretics in its own ranks Num Pages: 448 pages, 19, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HRAM7; HRCC7; HRK; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 34. Weight in Grams: 416.

A best-selling history of the Third Crusade, when the Catholic Church waged war against heretics in its own ranks

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), which was to culminate in 1244 with the massacre of Cathars at the mountain fortress of Montségur.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Phoenix Press
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781842124284
SKU
V9781842124284
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About Zoe Oldenbourg
Zoé Oldenbourg was born in St Petersburg in 1916 and was educated at the Lycée Molière and the Sorbonne in Paris. The author of a number of outstanding historical novels, including The World is Not Enough and The Cornerstone, which won the Prix Fémina in 1953, her historical works include Catherine of Russia and Massacre at Montségur.

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