The Cathar Crusade: Part I-The papacy versus the preachers
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The Cathar Crusade, a crusade against non-violent followers of a different form of Christianity, lasted from 1209 to 1229, and resulted in the conquest of the Toulouse region by the French king, the establishment of papal domination over the Christian church in Europe and the creation of the Papal Inquisition, basically the first secret police.
The Cathar Crusade: Part I-The papacy versus the preachers
The Cathar Crusade: Part I-The papacy versus…
The Cathar Crusade: Part I-The papacy versus the preachers
The Cathar Crusade, a crusade against non-violent followers of a different form of Christianity, lasted from 1209 to 1229, and resulted in the conquest of the Toulouse region by the French king, the establishment of papal domination over the Christian church in Europe and the creation of the Papal Inquisition, basically the first secret police.