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The Cathars infiltrated the highest ranks of society & posed a threat not only to the Catholic Church in France but also to the secular authorities. This text examines their heretical beliefs & their violent suppression under the Crusades & Inquisition.
By analyzing six volumes of depositions in the trial of Cathar and Waldensian heretics in Languedoc between the late 12th and the 14th century, Caterina Bruschi challenges old methodologies in the study of dissent.
How should historians read sources which record inquisitorial trials in the Middle Ages? How can we understand the fears felt by those on trial? By analysing six volumes of depositions in the trial of Cathar and Waldensian heretics in Languedoc between the late twelfth and the f…