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The History of the Albigensian Crusade

Peter of Les-Vaux-de-Cernay's Historia Albigensis

  • Paperback
  • 338 pages
  • Publisher: Boydell& Brewer Ltd
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 2.1 cm

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The Historia Albigensis is one of the most important sources for the history of the Cathar heresy and the Albigensian crusade. This new translation makes the work available in English for the first time. The Historiawas written between about 1212 and 1218 by Peter, a young monk at the Cistercian abbey of les Vaux-de-Cernay, where his uncle Guy was abbot. Guy took part in the preaching mission against heresy in 1207 and later played an important part in the crusade and became bishop of Carcassonne. Peter several times accompanied his uncle, and not only met those involved in the crusade, but himself witnessed many episodes. The Historiathus contains a wealth of firsthand detail about the personalities and events of the crusade, and about contemporary warfare. An introduction and extensive notes draw on other contemporary sources and on recent scholarship; nine appendices range from the policies of Innocent III to the technical terms used to describe fortifications, also providing translations of other important contemporary sources. W.A. SIBLY read classics at Balliol College, Oxford; his son M.D. SIBLY read history at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

  • Title

    The History of the Albigensian Crusade

  • Author

    Petrus Sarnesis

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Boydell& Brewer Ltd

  • Published

    October 2000

  • Edition

    New edition

  • Weight

    541g

  • Page Count

    338

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780851158075

  • ISBN-10

    0851158072

  • Eden Code

    1165298