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The Friar of Carcassonne: Revolt Against the Inquisition in the Last Days of the Cathars
Stephen O´shea
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Description for The Friar of Carcassonne: Revolt Against the Inquisition in the Last Days of the Cathars
Paperback. In 1300 a great orator emerged who brought together the currents of resistance. Three years later the terrible prisons were stormed and the inmates set free. The orator was a Franciscan friar, Bernard Delicieux. This book, which forms a kind of sequel to the bestselling "The Perfect Heresy", tells his inspiring life and tragic story. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HRAM9; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 266.
Nearly a century had passed since Languedoc had been put to the sword in the Albigensian Crusade, but the stain of Catharism still lay on the land. Any accusation of Catharism invited peril. But repression bred resentment and it was in Carcassonne that resistance began to stir. In 1300 a great orator emerged who brought together the currents of resistance. Three years later the terrible prisons were stormed and the inmates set free. The orator was a Franciscan friar, Bernard Delicieux. The forces ranged against Delicieux included the ruthless Pope Boniface VII, the Machiavellian French King Philip IV and the ... Read more
Nearly a century had passed since Languedoc had been put to the sword in the Albigensian Crusade, but the stain of Catharism still lay on the land. Any accusation of Catharism invited peril. But repression bred resentment and it was in Carcassonne that resistance began to stir. In 1300 a great orator emerged who brought together the currents of resistance. Three years later the terrible prisons were stormed and the inmates set free. The orator was a Franciscan friar, Bernard Delicieux. The forces ranged against Delicieux included the ruthless Pope Boniface VII, the Machiavellian French King Philip IV and the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846683206
SKU
V9781846683206
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About Stephen O´shea
Stephen O'Shea, for many years a journalist in Paris and New York, contributed to a wide variety of publications on the arts and translated French feature films. The Friar of Carcassonne is his third book of medieval history. Previous books also published by Profile include A Perfect Heresy [9781861973504] and Sea of Faith [9781861975812]. He currently lives with his two ... Read more
Reviews for The Friar of Carcassonne: Revolt Against the Inquisition in the Last Days of the Cathars
O'Shea's vivid and evocative story of the extraordinary and moving career of Bernard Delicieux rests on thorough and wide-ranging knowledge and shrewd historical judgement
R. I. Moore, author of 'The Formation of a Persecuting Society'
R. I. Moore, author of 'The Formation of a Persecuting Society'