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... King of Aragon , might be justly denominated the Ara- gonese France . The king of Aragon might , as well as the king of England , be considered a French Prince . The greater part of his states , even beyond the Py- renees and as far as ...
... King of Aragon , might be justly denominated the Ara- gonese France . The king of Aragon might , as well as the king of England , be considered a French Prince . The greater part of his states , even beyond the Py- renees and as far as ...
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... King Philip , who was , at that time , more occupied by his rivalry with the King of England , and with Otho of Germany , than with heresy . But the monks of Citeaux , who had , at the same time , received powers from Rome , to preach ...
... King Philip , who was , at that time , more occupied by his rivalry with the King of England , and with Otho of Germany , than with heresy . But the monks of Citeaux , who had , at the same time , received powers from Rome , to preach ...
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... King of England ; the bishop of Puy commanded a third body in the Velay , who 54 [ A.D. 1209 CRUSADES AGAINST.
... King of England ; the bishop of Puy commanded a third body in the Velay , who 54 [ A.D. 1209 CRUSADES AGAINST.
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... king of England , lived in open enmity with the church . Philip Augustus had dared to seize upon the temporalities of two bishops . A system of opposition to the pope appeared to be preparing in the Christian world , and in spite of all ...
... king of England , lived in open enmity with the church . Philip Augustus had dared to seize upon the temporalities of two bishops . A system of opposition to the pope appeared to be preparing in the Christian world , and in spite of all ...
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... king of England , to the Holy Land , or to Rome . * At the very time when the lords of the Albi- genses were thus submitting themselves to the discretion of the church , a new army of crusaders , conducted by the bishop of Carcassonne ...
... king of England , to the Holy Land , or to Rome . * At the very time when the lords of the Albi- genses were thus submitting themselves to the discretion of the church , a new army of crusaders , conducted by the bishop of Carcassonne ...
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abandoned abbot of Citeaux afterwards Albig Albigenses Albigeois Amaury amongst archbishop arms army assembled attack barons besieged Beziers bishop of Toulouse capitulation Carcassonne Castelnau castles catholic cause Cern Christian church Citeaux Cominges council count of Foix count of Toulouse count Raymond crusaders defend doctrines Eccles enemies engaged Epistolæ excommunication extermination faicts d'armas faicts de Tolosa faith fanaticism fiefs Fouquet France French gén Guil Guill heresy heretics Hist Histoire de Languedoc Historia Holy Land inhabitants Innocent Innocent III Innocentii king of Aragon king of England knights Languedoc Lavaur legate lords massacre monks of Citeaux Montpellier Narbonne Paterins persecution Peter Petri Val Petri Vallis Cern Philip Augustus pillage Podio Laurentii pope possession preach Preuves priests prince province Raymond Roger Raymond VI Raymond VII Raynaldi Annal received reformation Saint sects siege Simon de Montfort soldiers terror tion Toulousians vassals Vaux-Cernay whilst xxii zeal
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Page 59 - Beziers, and had pillaged the houses of all that they thought worth carrying off, they set fire to the city in every part at once, and reduced it to a vast funeral pile. Not a house remained standing, not one human being was left alive.
Page 33 - We cannot, therefore, be astonished if they have represented them to us with all those characters which might render them the most monstrous, mingled with all the fables which would serve to irritate the minds of the people against those who professed them.
Page 46 - ... fathers, we must not observe faith towards those who keep not faith towards God, or who are separated from the communion of the faithful : we discharge, by apostolical authority, all those who believe themselves bound towards this Count by any oath either of...
Page 95 - Creator. The knights mounted the breach ; resistance was impossible ; and the only care of Simon de Montfort was to prevent the crusaders from instantly falling upon the inhabitants, and to beseech them rather to make prisoners, that the priests of the living God might not be deprived of their promised joys.
Page 96 - The count, seeing that this would produce great delay, ordered the rest to be massacred ; and the pilgrims, receiving the order with the greatest avidity, very soon massacred them all upon the spot.
Page 30 - French, to whom they were indeed inferior in the art of war, but whom they greatly excelled in all the attainments of civilization. " The numerous courts of the small princes, amongst whom these countries were divided, aspired to be models of taste and politeness. They lived in festivity; their chief occupation was tournaments, courts of love, and of poesy, in which questions of gallantry were gravely decided. The cities were numerous and flourishing. Their forms of government were...
Page 82 - Some castles, calculating too favourably upon their strength, endeavoured to resist him ; that of Brom was taken by assault the third day of the siege, and Simon de Montfort chose out more than a hundred of its wretched inhabitants, and having torn out their eyes, and cut off their noses, sent them, in that state, under the guidance of a one-eyed man, to the castle of Cabaret, to announce to the garrison of that fortress the fate which awaited them. The castle of...
Page 63 - ... lords of the army were assembled. After having nobly and powerfully defended his conduct, he declared that he submitted, as he had always done, to the orders of the church, and that he awaited the decision of the council. But the legate was profoundly penetrated with the maxim of Innocent III, that " to keep faith with those who have it not, is an offence against the faith.
Page 51 - We counsel you, with the apostle Paul, to employ guile with regard to this Count, for in this case it ought to be called prudence. We must attack separately those who are separated from unity : leave for a time the count of Thoulouse, employing toward him a wise dissimulation, that the other heretics may be the more easily defeated, and that afterwards we may crush him when he shall be left alone...
Page 84 - The heretics were, in the mean time, assembled, the men in one house, the women in another, and there, on their knees, and resigned to their fate, they prepared themselves, by prayer, for the punishment which awaited them.