The Yellow Cross: The Story of the Last Cathars' Rebellion Against the Inquisition, 1290-1329The Yellow Cross is a harrowing tale of a desperate people in a small corner of France who defied the kings of Europe and the Pope. The Cathars, whose religion was based on the Gospels but contradicted the tenets set forth by Rome, found themselves the focus of ruthless repression. In systematic waves of brutal persecution, thousands of Cathars were captured, summarily tried, and burned at the stake as heretics. Yet so ardent was their faith that during the years 1290 to 1329, the Cathars rose up one last time. René Weis tells the dramatic and moving story of these thirty years, offering a rich medieval tale of faith, adventure, sex, and courage. Having spent years exploring a rich trove of untouched information, including trial records and interrogation transcripts, Weis creates a remarkably detailed portrait of the last great gasp of the movement and the day-to-day life of the individual Cathars in their villages. This is an exceptionally vivid re-creation of a fascinating, and otherwise lost, world. |
Contents
List of Illustrations and Maps | vii |
In the Tracks of the Last Cathars | xxi |
Sources and Procedures | xliii |
The Châtelaine of Montaillou | 3 |
The People of Montaillou | 24 |
12911301 | 38 |
1296 | 66 |
12991300 | 79 |
13212 | 245 |
130714 | 247 |
131518 | 270 |
131820 | 283 |
The Sting | 302 |
The Last Trials of Montaillou | 328 |
Inside Allemans Prison in 1321 | 345 |
Benoît XII and the Citoyens | 365 |
1300 | 97 |
Pierre Maury and the Cathars of Arques | 120 |
13001305 | 144 |
13057 | 160 |
13078 | 171 |
May 1308 | 183 |
130810 | 195 |
8 September 1308 | 203 |
130916 | 215 |
1317 | 231 |
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