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... Vaux Cernay , tells us , " the wars which the nobles of Provence carried on against him , through the industry of that man of God , Peter de Castelnau , and the excommunication which he published in every place against the count ...
... Vaux Cernay , tells us , " the wars which the nobles of Provence carried on against him , through the industry of that man of God , Peter de Castelnau , and the excommunication which he published in every place against the count ...
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... Vaux Cernay reck- ons but fifty thousand in this first campaign , and the smallest number is the most probable , especi- ally in that age when very numerous armies were so seldom seen . We must not , however , include in this ...
... Vaux Cernay reck- ons but fifty thousand in this first campaign , and the smallest number is the most probable , especi- ally in that age when very numerous armies were so seldom seen . We must not , however , include in this ...
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... Vaux Cernay , the historian of the crusade , was a Bernardin monk , or of the order of Citeaux ; his convent was situated near to Montfort Amau- ry . He was vassal of his hero , Simon de Montfort , whom he followed to the crusade ...
... Vaux Cernay , the historian of the crusade , was a Bernardin monk , or of the order of Citeaux ; his convent was situated near to Montfort Amau- ry . He was vassal of his hero , Simon de Montfort , whom he followed to the crusade ...
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... Vaux - Cernay , of the order of Citeaux , inspired Simon de Montfort with fresh courage . On one hand , he thought it time to throw away the mask with Raymond VI count of Toulouse . He caused him to be excommunicated by the two legates ...
... Vaux - Cernay , of the order of Citeaux , inspired Simon de Montfort with fresh courage . On one hand , he thought it time to throw away the mask with Raymond VI count of Toulouse . He caused him to be excommunicated by the two legates ...
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... Vaux - Cernay , " the abbot was greatly afflicted . In fact , he desired that all the enemies of Christ should be put to death , but he could not take upon himself to condemn them , on ac- count of his quality of monk and priest . " He ...
... Vaux - Cernay , " the abbot was greatly afflicted . In fact , he desired that all the enemies of Christ should be put to death , but he could not take upon himself to condemn them , on ac- count of his quality of monk and priest . " He ...
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abbot of Citeaux accused afterwards Albi Albigenses Albigeois amongst archbishop archbishop of Narbonne Arles army Arnold authority Avignon barons besieged Beziers bishop of Toulouse Carcassonne cardinal castle catholic cause Cern Christians church of Rome Citeaux Cominges council count of Foix count of Toulouse count Raymond countship crusaders death defend Eccles enemies engaged excommunication faicts de Tolosa faith favour fiefs Frederic French gén Guil Guill heresy heretics Hist Histoire de Languedoc Holy Land Honorius inhabitants Innocent Innocentii inquisition inquisitors king of Aragon king of England king of France knights Languedoc legate lords Louis VIII monks Narbonne negociations Paris persecution Peter Petri Val Petri Vallis Philip Augustus Podio Laur Podio Laurentii pope possession Præclara preach prelates Preuves priests prince province Raymond VII Raynaldi Ann reformation Saint sect siege Simon de Montfort tion vassals Vaux-Cernay viscount Waldenses whilst XXIII XXIV zeal
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Page xxi - For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming...
Page xxi - Therefore watch, and remember that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
Page xxi - Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
Page xxi - Take heed, therefore, unto yourselves, and to all the flock over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. 29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
Page 75 - Resistance was impossible; ftnd 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 156 - ... affairs ; and feeling some remorse at the manner in which he had amassed his treasures, he appropriated a part of them to the express purpose of repaying, after his death, those persons whose money he had unjustly taken in his lifetime. He died July 14, 1223, in the fifty-eighth year of his age, and the forty-fourth of his reign. By his first wife, Isabella of Hainault, he had only one child — Louis, who succeeded him. By Maria of Dalmatia he had a son ana a daughter.
Page 6 - 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 75 - 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 28 - 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 74 - Lavaur, who could descend into it by subterranean passages, cleared away each night all that had been thrown in during the day. At last Montfort succeeded in filling the mines with flame and smoke, and thereby prevented the inhabitants from passing into them. The ditches were then speedily filled ; the cat was pushed to the foot of the wall; and its terrible paw began to open and enlarge the breach. On the day of the finding of the holy cross, the 3rd of May, 1211, Montfort judged the breach to be...