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The Cathars

The Cathars

The Cathars
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The Cathars Paperback - 1998

by Malcolm D. Lambert

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A comprehensive account of one of the most mysterious medieval heretical sects--against which the Catholic Church launched a crusade to uproot them in the south of France. Assessing a rich amount of international research, THE CATHARS studies the rise and fall of the heresy from the 12th-century Rhineland to 15th-century Bosnia, and the Church's counteractions. 8 photos. 12 map.

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Wiley-Blackwell, 1998 The cover has a little wear, with light fading on the spine. The page edges are lightly foxed. 344 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Paperback. Very Good.
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  • Title The Cathars
  • Author Malcolm D. Lambert
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Very good
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley-Blackwell, Somerset, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1998
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 178792
  • ISBN 9780631209591 / 063120959X
  • Weight 1.09 lbs (0.49 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.02 x 6.03 x 0.75 in (22.91 x 15.32 x 1.91 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Western Europe
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
    • Theometrics: Academic
  • Category Religion - Church History
  • Library of Congress subjects Albigenses, France - Church history - 987-1515
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 97039153
  • Dewey Decimal Code 272.3

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Reader reviews for The Cathars

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This is the first comprehensive account in English of the most feared and the most mysterious of medieval heretics.

From the rear cover

This is the first comprehensive account in English of the most feared and the most mysterious of medieval heretics. A crusade was launched to uproot them in the south of France, the Inquisition was developed to suppress them, and St Dominic founded his friars to preach against them. Their history and that of the medieval Church are inextricably mingled.

This book puts the Cathars back into the context where they belong - that of medieval Catholicism. It studies the rise and fall of the heresy from the twelfth-century Rhineland to fifteenth-century Bosnia and the Church's counteraction, peaceful and violent. Within the exposition, Italian Cathars are given their rightful place, a chapter is devoted to the puzzle of the Bosnian Church, and perspective is given to Le Roy Ladurie's brilliant but wayward Montaillou. A final survey assesses the legacy of a heresy which still exerts its strange fascination.

This book combines scholarly investigation with lucid narrative. It is, in short, historical writing at its best and likely to become the definitive account of a subject of enduring interest and importance.

About the author

Malcolm Lambert was Reader in Medieval History at the University of Bristol until 1991 when he retired to devote himself to writing and research. His previous books are Franciscan Poverty (1961, reissued 1998) and Medieval Heresy (2nd edition, 1992).
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