History of the Crusades Against the Albigenses: In the Thirteenth Century |
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... army , who were to pillage or kill all those of his vassals whom the priests should indicate . He therefore refused his consent , and Peter of Cas- telnau , in his wrath , excommunicated him , laid his country under an interdict , and ...
... army , who were to pillage or kill all those of his vassals whom the priests should indicate . He therefore refused his consent , and Peter of Cas- telnau , in his wrath , excommunicated him , laid his country under an interdict , and ...
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... army of the crusaders descended the valley of the Rhone by Lyons , Valence , Mon- telimart and Avignon . The count of Toulouse went to meet it at Valence ; he conducted it to Montpellier where it passed some days . In this city the ...
... army of the crusaders descended the valley of the Rhone by Lyons , Valence , Mon- telimart and Avignon . The count of Toulouse went to meet it at Valence ; he conducted it to Montpellier where it passed some days . In this city the ...
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... army , which , in a single day , had taken and destroyed the capital . The inhabitants preferred taking refuge in the woods and mountains , to waiting for such enemies , within the enclosure of walls , which might serve them for a ...
... army , which , in a single day , had taken and destroyed the capital . The inhabitants preferred taking refuge in the woods and mountains , to waiting for such enemies , within the enclosure of walls , which might serve them for a ...
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... army some symptoms of discouragement ; he therefore employed a gentleman related to the viscount , who happened to be with him , to enter into the city and renew the negociations . Ray- mond Roger , on his side , greatly desired an ho ...
... army some symptoms of discouragement ; he therefore employed a gentleman related to the viscount , who happened to be with him , to enter into the city and renew the negociations . Ray- mond Roger , on his side , greatly desired an ho ...
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... army , the most complete guarantee for his safety and liberty , and the promise of the crusaders was confirmed by oaths . He then quitted the city , attended by three hundred knights , and presented himself at the tent of the legate ...
... army , the most complete guarantee for his safety and liberty , and the promise of the crusaders was confirmed by oaths . He then quitted the city , attended by three hundred knights , and presented himself at the tent of the legate ...
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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...