"This new book traces the origins and spread of dualist ideas, assesses their attraction for contemporaries, and describes the reaction of the ecclesiastical and lay authorities in the form of preaching campaigns, intellectual refutation, crusade, and inquisitorial investigation…
"This new book traces the origins and spread of dualist ideas, assesses their attraction for contemporaries, and describes the reaction of the ecclesiastical and lay authorities in the form of preaching campaigns, intellectual refutation, crusade, and inquisitorial investigation…
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.