The Cathar faith was a version of Christianity. They were usually considered Gnostics. The word 'Cathar' comes the Greek word katharos meaning 'unpolluted'...

the enemies of the Cathars during the Albigensian Crusade. The Cathars built fortified homesteads, not castles. The legend of Cathar architects and builders...

Albigensian Crusade or Cathar Crusade (1209–1229) was a 20-year military campaign. Pope Innocent III started it to eliminate the Cathar heresy in Languedoc...

Peyrepertuse Castle is a castle in France. It is one of the Cathar castles. It was built before the 11th century. It is in Aude, in Occitanie. It is built...

The Château d'Usson is one of the Cathar castles in southwestern France. It is in the commune of Rouze, in the Ariège département. This short article about...

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in Egypt. 1179 – Third Council of the Lateran condemns Waldensians and Cathars as heretics (people who turn away from certain religious beliefs); reformation...

the time. August – The final Cathar stronghold in southern France falls, eliminating the last refuge of the heretical Cathars after the Roman Catholic Church...

of the Albigeois. The Cathars had their main centre at Albi and so they were known also as Albigens after the city. The Cathar movement was a branch of...

Farid-ud-din Ganj Shakar Third Council of the Lateran condemned Waldensians and Cathars as heretics, institutes a reformation of clerical life, and creates the...

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which was the dominant calendar of the time. Albigensian Crusade against Cathars (1209-1218) the Franciscans are founded Cambridge University founded. London...

council. Nontrinitarianism was later renewed in the Gnosticism of the Cathars in the 11th through 13th centuries, in the Age of Enlightenment of the...

Journal of Medieval History and written many articles on the Templars, the Cathars, various elements of the Crusades, and the reign of Philip IV of France...

Middle Ages, they accused a number of other religious sects (like the Cathars) of being heretical. In the 11th and 12th centuries, thousands of people...

bull ad aboldendam issued against several European heretical groups: the Cathars, the Waldensians, the Patarines and the Humiliati. It was created after...

Catholic Church High Middle Ages and the Crusades - conflict with Islam, Cathars, pagan tribes in Lithuania, etc. Late Middle Ages - 13th century to 15th...

Mandalorian warrior, veteran of the Mandalorian Wars. Class: Soldier. Juhani - A Cathar (human with cat-like features) female Jedi. Class: Jedi Guardian. Jolee...

in the Albigensian Crusades, when the city was a stronghold of Occitan Cathars. In August 1209 the crusading army of Simon de Montfort forced its citizens...

considered heretic Christian communities. Crusades were called against the Cathars in Languedoc and against Bosnia; against the Waldensians in Savoy and the...

the castle's tallest tower for a lookout to warn of approaching enemies Cathar castles – a group of medieval castles in France Johnson 2002, pp. 19–24...

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the Moors between 720 and 752. Béziers was a Languedoc stronghold of Catharism, which the Catholic Church condemned as heretical and which Catholic forces...

hundred years. They also fought Crusades against other Christians like the Cathars. The Moors also fought each other for control of Al-Andalus. In the year...

life traps souls in a bad world. The Manichaeans, the Bogomils, and the Cathars are some of these groups that believe in the idea. Others include the Marcionites...

1190 – Crusaders start to massacre the Jews of York. 1244 – Over 200 Cathars are burned after the fall of Montségur. 1521 – Ferdinand Magellan reaches...

strongholds in Eastern Europe, and (to a much lesser extent) crusades against Catharism or other Christian heresies. The Holy Land had been part of the Roman...

of the papacy and led to calls for reform. Heretical movements like the Cathars and Waldensians emerged, and the Church responded with the Medieval Inquisition...

exchange for special contributions. The same century saw the arrival of Cathar refugees from Occitania, fleeing religious persecution. The situation of...

settings. Catharism grew in Languedoc in the 12th-century. The Inquisition originated during the period of struggle against this heresy. After the Cathars were...