La mitología cátara

Synopsis of La mitología cátara

This book is a rigorous investigation that analyzes the development and decline of Catharism. Throughout the 12th century, in Languedoc, one of the most important sociocultural movements in Europe, Catharism, gained great importance. Influenced by Zoroastrianism and Manichaeism, it preached purity of spirit, renunciation of material goods, and peaceful coexistence, criticizing the Catholic Church. Faced with the threat, the Church ordered the persecution and extermination of the "Cathar heretics." From the massacre of Béziers to the fall of the last Cathar stronghold, Quéribus, the Cathars disappeared without a trace. This book investigates and analyzes the development of this culture, describing the enclaves where they were massacred by Simón de Montfort and Arnaud-Amaury.