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by Stephen O'Shea


  N

  Name of the Rose, The (Eco), 228

  Narbonne, 7, 17, 52, 53, 57, 58, 159, 183

  al-Nasir, Muhammad, 132

  Nazis, 16, 257–58

  Neognostics, 253–54, 259

  Nervas Forum, 37

  New Age, 259

  New Testament, 30, 55–56, 80

  Newton, Isaac, 261

  Nicetas, 22–23, 26, 31, 239

  Niel, Fernand, 258

  Nîmes, 17, 183

  Noblewomen, 43

  Notre Dame Cathedral, 24, 187–88, 189, 190, 207

  O

  Oath taking, 12, 30–31

  Occitan culture, 44

  Occitan knights, 144

  Occitan language, 19–20, 22, 253

  Occitan nobles, 142, 156, 169, 176

  Occitanists, 254–55

  Occitans, 111, 135, 206, 230

  embassy to Rome, 119–20

  and French monarchy, 183

  at jubilee, 231

  Old Testament, 30

  Order of Friars Preachers

  see Dominicans

  Order of the Solar Temple, 16, 261

  P

  Pamiers, 62, 136

  Papacy, 25, 207

  as power broker, 151

  temporal possessions of, 203

  Papal courts, 228

  Papal legates

  prosecutorial power of, 195–96

  Paranormal, 254

  Parsifal (von Eschenbach), 256

  Partible inheritance, 43

  Patrimony of Peter, 118–19

  “Peace of God” movements, 50

  Pedro II, king of Aragon, xii, 56, 59, 76, 111, 135, 155, 159, 181

  in battle of Muret, 142, 145, 148

  conflict with Arnold Armaury, 138–41

  and crusade, 92–96

  crusade against Muslims, 133–34

  death of, 147, 149

  holdings of, 138

  and Raymond’s rehabilitation efforts, 125, 128–29

  recognized Simon de Montfort as vassal, 127–28

  seal of, 93f

  tolerance for Cathars, 137

  tried to stop crusade against Toulouse, 134

  Péladan, Josephin (called Sar), 254

  Pelhisson, William, 192, 193, 201

  Perfect (the), 8–9, 21–22, 28, 30, 31, 42, 63, 70, 122, 137, 174, 191, 208

  administering consolamentum raison d’être of, 235–36

  in Béziers, 79

  burning of, 131, 218–21, 230, 237

  capital crime of being, 199

  converting to Catholicism, 229

  female, 43–44, 110, 234

  killed at Minerve, 115–16

  last of, 239, 241, 244, 246

  number of, 44

  reemergence of, 173–74

  refuge on Montségur, 213–15, 216

  regimen of, 23–24

  response to Inquisition, 204–5, 237

  running from violence, 109–11, 240

  saving Cathar treasury, 217

  status of, 41

  Peter of Bruis, 28

  Peter of Castelnau, xi, 59–60, 61, 64, 65, 82

  murder of, 66, 68, 70, 76, 120, 125, 195, 261

  Peter of Courtenay, count of Auxerre, 69

  Peter of Nemours, 129

  Peter of Vaux de Cernay, 82, 85, 97, 114, 116, 119, 125, 143–44

  Peter Roger of Cabaret, 90–91, 105, 106, 111, 127

  Peter Roger of Mirepoix, 209, 210, 215, 216, 217, 218

  Petrarch, Francesco, 37

  Petrine commission, 26

  Peyrat, Napoleon, 249–52, 253, 254, 255, 261, 262

  Philip Augustus, king of France, xii, 57, 69, 94, 126

  death of, 177, 179

  Philippa (wife of Raymond Roger), 43, 111, 176

  Pilgrms, 72

  Piquier, Raymonda, 241

  Plantagenet, Henry

  see Henry II, King of England

  Plantagenets, 47, 107, 177

  plan to recover territory of Poitou, 212

  Poitou, 212

  Pope (the), 33–34, 94, 119

  see also Papacy

  Popular culture

  exploitation of Cathars in, 6, 247–49, 258–62

  Poussin, Nicolas, 261

  Poverty, apostolic, 61–62

  Prades Tavernier, 237

  Proskynesis (kissing of feet), 33

  Prouille, 110

  Provence/Provençals, 47, 65, 156, 158, 161

  Pulp Fiction (Tarantino), 6

  Pyrenees, 18, 214, 216, 258, 262

  Q

  Quarantine, 72, 78, 102, 109, 169

  Quertinheux (fortress), 105

  R

  Rahn, Otto, 255–57, 258

  Raoul of Fontfroide, 59, 61, 64, 82

  Raymond, Bernard, 31

  Raymond, Peter, 237

  Raymond de Saint Gilles

  see Raymond VI

  Raymond du Fauga, bishop of Toulouse, 192–93, 196, 204, 246

  Raymond of Pereille, 213–14, 215, 219

  Raymond of Rabastens, bishop of Toulouse, 58, 68

  Raymond Roger of Foix, xii, 15, 43, 46, 48, 56, 105, 178, 184

  attack on crusaders, 130

  in battle of Muret, 144

  and Cathars, 110–11

  death of, 176

  in defense of Toulouse, 135, 136

  at Fourth Lateran Council, 153, 154

  stood by Raymond of Toulouse, 125

  Raymond IV, count of Toulouse, 46

  Raymond V, count of Toulouse, 44–45

  Raymond VI, count of Toulouse, xii, 15, 44, 45–46, 47–49, 56, 57, 58, 59, 128, 134, 180

  in battle of Muret, 142–43, 145, 147, 149

  campaign for rehabilitation, 123–27, 128–29

  in crusade, 70–71, 73–74, 75–76, 85, 92, 102

  death of, 175–76

  in defense of Toulouse, 135, 136

  diplomatic offensive by, 117–20

  excommunication, 65, 66, 117–18, 120, 124, 126, 127, 129

  fled to England, 149

  at Fourth Lateran Council, 152

  personal characteristics, 108

  public scourging, 67–68, 69–70, 187

  punishment, 140

  seal of, 45f

  in siege of Toulouse, 161–62

  tolerance toward Cathars, 111

  Raymond VII, count of Toulouse (Raymond the younger), xii, 134, 145, 149, 155, 156, 158–59, 170, 172, 176, 179–80, 196, 200, 207

  became Raymond VII, 175

  death of, 224–25

  excommunicated, 180

  hunting down Perfects, 192

  and Inquisition, 202–4, 208

  and Montségur, 218

  persecution of Cathars, 223–24

  public penance, 187–90, 188f

  revolt by, 211–13

  and royal crusade, 182, 184, 187

  seal of, 180f

  and siege of Toulouse, 164

  Reconquista, 133

  Reincarnation, 11, 21, 25–26

  Relics, 25, 38, 144

  Renaissance of twelfth century, 7–8

  Rennes-le-Château, 261

  Revivalist tours, 59–60

  Rheims, 181

  Rhineland, 8, 195

  Ribauds, 71–72, 83, 86

  Riccardo, 37, 118

  Richard Lionheart, 45, 72, 225

  Richard of Cornwall, 212

  River Aude, 18, 88, 91

  River Orb, 78, 82–83

  Robert le Bougre, 195

  Robert of Arbrissel, 27–28, 40, 224

  Roché, Déodat, 254–55, 258, 259–60

  Roger Bernard of Foix, 136, 170, 184, 225

  defection of, 212, 213, 225

  in siege of Toulouse, 163, 165

  Roman Forum, 36, 37

  Roman law, 151

  Romano di San Angelo, Cardinal, 179–80, 181, 183, 185–86, 187, 196

  punishment of Raymond VII, 187–90

  Rome, 32–39

  r
uled by Innocent, 118, 119

  Roquebert, Michel, 183

  Rouen, 181

  Royal crusade, 182–87, 206

  S

  SS. Sergio and Bacco (church), 37

  Sacraments, Cathar, 23–24

  St. Félix en Lauragais, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 31, 41, 52, 130, 208

  Saint Gilles (family), 46–47, 49, 70, 94, 120, 127, 152, 162

  burial ground of, 175

  end of line of, 225

  followers of, 157

  lands of, 135, 156

  loss of power, 213

  patrimony, 207

  St. Gilles (town), 51, 57, 66, 67, 180, 183

  church at, 70, 117, 120, 187

  special conclave in, 124–25, 126

  St. John Lateran (basilica), 37–38

  St. Nazaire Cathedral, 167

  St. -Pons-de-Thomieres, 51

  St. Sernin (church), 175

  Sainte Chapelle, 189

  Saladin, 72

  Sancha of Aragon (wife of Raymond VII), 138, 207

  Sancho, count of Provence, 138

  Sang de Toulouse, Le (Magre), 255

  Sans, Peter, 237

  Sant Mateu, 242, 243, 244, 246

  Secular clergy, 50, 59, 172

  Seila, Peter, 200, 201, 202, 204, 206

  Sens, 181

  Servian, 62

  Sicard of Lunel, 229, 246

  Sicre, Arnold, 242–46

  Siege engines, 96–97, 164–65, 216

  Siege warfare, 145, 217

  Sieges, 84

  Carcassonne, 92, 99–100, 101–3, 105, 206–7

  Lavaur, 129–31

  Montségur, 7

  Toulouse, 157–68, 167f, 169, 212, 216

  Sierra Morena, 132–33

  Simon de Montfort, xiii, 15, 102f, 107–9, 117, 133, 170, 173, 182, 186, 189, 206, 225

  Albigensian Crusade, 6

  attack on Minerve, 112–15

  army of, 108–9

  battle of Muret, 141–49

  bond of vassalage to Aragon, 127–28, 140

  campaign of 1210, 106, 124, 125, 127

  death of, 166–68, 167f, 172, 174

  fight with Pedro of Aragon, 134, 136–37

  lands awarded to, 155–56

  ordered to end crusade, 138–39

  poll tax, 109–10

  repulsed before Cabaret, 105

  resistance to, 110

  siege of Carcassonne, 92, 101–3

  siege of Lavaur, 129–31

  siege of Toulouse, 134–37, 157–68, 216

  sovereignty over Languedoc, 152, 156, 159

  truce with Raymond Roger, 111

  Simon de Montfort (fourth son of Simon de Montfort), 107

  Spiritual Franciscans, 233

  Ste-Cécile, 233

  Steiner, Rudolf, 254

  Stephen of St. Thibery, 204, 206, 208, 210, 227

  Surdespine (fortress), 105

  T

  Tanchelm of Antwerp, 27

  Tarantino, Quentin, 6

  Termes, 127, 129, 183

  Textor, John, 201

  Thedisius, 125

  Theosophy, 253

  Third Crusade, 72

  Tolerance, 54, 234

  return to, 169–78

  Torre dei Conti, 37, 118

  Toulousains, 47, 148–49, 159, 162, 163, 165, 184, 186

  Toulouse, 7, 18, 31, 52, 64, 75, 120–21, 125, 173

  Catharism in, 45, 122, 134

  Cathars sought refuge in, 111

  changed life in, 192

  crusade against, 129–31

  Dominicans in, 175

  French dominion over, 207

  gang warfare in, 123

  inquisitors in, 196, 201–2, 203, 204

  under interdict, 118, 120, 204

  and royal crusade, 184, 186

  siege of, 157–68, 167f, 169, 212, 216

  Simon’s campaign against, 134–37

  university in, 190

  Towns, medieval, 52–53

  Trasimondo, 36

  Trebuchets, 96–97, 112–13, 113f, 114, 216

  Trencavel, Raymond Roger, xii, 56, 105, 178, 246

  and attack on Carcassonne, 89–90, 91, 93–96, 98–102

  and crusade, 75–80

  death of, 101

  revolt by, 206–7

  seal of, 77f

  son of, 128

  vassal of King Pedro, 93–96

  Trencavel lands, 124, 127, 135, 138, 188

  Cathars in, 111

  given to Simon de Montfort, 101, 105, 156

  rooting out heresy in, 206

  Trencavels, 48–49, 50–51, 52, 75, 79, 94, 120

  and crusade, 76

  vassals of, 157

  Trésor des Albigeois, Le (Magre), 255

  Trial by ordeal, 151

  Troubadour culture, 52, 250, 253, 259

  Troubadour poetry, 19–20

  Troubadours, 9, 43–44, 133, 170f, 171, 256

  Troyes, Chrétien de, 256

  Two Principles of creation, 11

  U

  Urban II, Pope, 8

  V

  Vassalage, 128

  Vassaletti (clan), 35

  Venice, 72–73, 181

  Ventura, William, 231

  Verfeil, 29, 62–63

  Via Domitia, 76

  Vidal, Peire, 45–46, 104

  Vigoros of Bacone, 202

  Villerouge-Termenès, 246

  Vinci, Leonardo da, 261

  von Eschenbach, Wolfram, 256

  W

  Waldensians (“Poor Men of Lyons”), 8, 62

  Wagner, Richard, 254

  Water supplies, control of, 91, 99, 114, 164

  Weil, Simone, 255

  Western civilization, 13

  White Brotherhood, 123–24, 129–30, 131

  William (Franciscan friar), 223

  William (priest and siege engineer), 127, 129, 130

  William de Balaguier, 210

  William of Contres, 144, 145, 147

  William of Lahille, 210

  William of Minerve, 111, 114–15

  William of Paris, 189

  William of Puylaurens, 82

  William of Soler, 204

  William of Tudela, 78, 82, 83, 85–86, 92, 94, 100, 116, 119

  Women, 40–41, 81

  in Catharism, 12, 25–26, 41–44, 173

  Z

  Zara (city), 73, 108

  *The very last of the Bogomils, many of whom converted to Islam, were reported in Bosnia, in 1867.

  *There is still a St. Gilles Citadel in the harbor of Tripoli. It is known locally as Qal’at Sinjil.

  *The coup de grâce would come in the 1930s, when the cloister of St. Pons was moved to Toledo, Ohio.

  *Originally planned to be held every century, the jubilee came to be declared every fifty, then thirty-three, then twenty-five years, right up until the present, when the prospect of a millennial bash in 2000, a jubilee to outshine even that of 1300, had contemporary Rome on tenterhooks for nearly a decade

  Inhaltsverzeichnis

  PRINCIPAL FIGURES IN THE CATHAR STORY

  INTRODUCTION

  1. Languedoc and the Great Heresy

  2. Rome

  3. The Turn of the Century

  4. The Conversation

  5. Penance and Crusade

  6. Béziers

  7. Carcassonne

  8. Bad Neighbors

  9. The Conflict Widens

  10. A Time of Surprises

  11. The Verdict

  12. Toulouse

  13. The Return to Tolerance

  14. The End of the Crusade

  15. Inquisition

  16. Backlash

  17. The Synagogue of Satan

  18. Twilight in the Garden of Evil

  19. Bélibaste

  EPILOGUE: IN CATHAR COUNTRY

  NOTES

  SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  INDEX

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