The Yellow Cross: The Story of the Last Cathars
Provides an in-depth study of the medieval Cathar community, which, during the thirteenth century became the focus of systematic repression by the Catholic Church, were branded as heretics, and suffered successive waves of persecution and execution.
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In the early 13th century, the Cathars, whose religion contradicted the orthodoxy of Rome, became the objects of a program of repression conducted by the monarchy and the church. They were forced to wear the heretic's symbol of the yellow cross and thousands of Cathars were tried and burned at the stake. In this study, Weis (English literature, University College, London) recounts the 30-year resistance of the Cathars to the Catholic Church and the Inquisition. The volume contains a section of 32 color plates. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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