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The Yellow Cross :The Story of the Last Cathars 1290-1329

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The Yellow Cross :The Story of the Last Cathars 1290-1329

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Published: 2 August, 2001
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In the 13th century, a group of heretics in southwest France, the Cathars, became a serious threat to the Catholic church. In several waves of repression, thousands of Cathars were killed. Yet so ardent was their faith that, early in the next century, the Cathars rose one last time. Using the breathtakingly detailed and uniquely extant documentation from this period, and drawing on his intimate knowledge of the last Cathars' tracks and hiding places, many of which survive to this day, René Weis tells the full story of this gripping historical episode.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9780140276695
ISBN10 0140276696
Number Of Pages 528
Item Weight 500 g
Product Dimensions 129 x 198 x 35 mm
Publisher / Reseller Penguin Books Ltd
Format paperback
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There can be fewer better guides than this beautiful book, which lets an almost forgotten people, even through the filter of time and the Inquisition, speak for themselves. -- The Washington Post Book World In a feat of inspired scholarship, Weis transports us back to that world, conveying all of the high drama of ecclesiastical interrogations, covert ceremonies, and fiery martyrdom. . . . A book that will long haunt its readers. -- Booklist This book reanimates the real world of the Cathars of seven hundred years ago in a way that is fresh, utterly modern, and pulsates with life. -Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, author of Montaillou It succeeds enthrallingly . . . a moving evocation of an almost inconceivable faith. -- The Times (London)

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Author's Bio

René Weis was born in 1953. He is Professor of English Literature at UCL and the author of Criminal Justice: The True Story of Edith Thompson, first published in 1988 to critical acclaim.

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