The History of the Albigensian Crusade

Peter of Les Vaux-De-Cernay's `Historia Albigensis'
Revised Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-85115-807-5
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 626 g

First English translation of important contemporary source for the history of the Cathar heresy and the Albigensian crusade.

The Historia Albigensis is one of the most important sources for the history of the Cathar heresy and the Albigensian crusade. This new translation makes the work available in English for the first time. The Historiawas written between about 1212 and 1218 by Peter, a young monk at the Cistercian abbey of les Vaux-de-Cernay, where his uncle Guy was abbot. Guy took part in the preaching mission against heresy in 1207 and later played an important part in the crusade and became bishop of Carcassonne. Peter several times accompanied his uncle, and not only met those involved in the crusade, but himself witnessed many episodes. The Historiathus contains a wealth offirsthand detail about the personalities and events of the crusade, and about contemporary warfare. An introduction and extensive notes draw on other contemporary sources and on recent scholarship; nine appendices range from the policies of Innocent III to the technical terms used to describe fortifications, also providing translations of other important contemporary sources. W.A. SIBLY read classics at Balliol College, Oxford; his son M.D. SIBLY read history at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Sibly, W a

Sibly, M D

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religiöser Fundamentalismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Katholizismus, Römisch-Katholische Kirche
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionskritik

Über Autor(innen)

Sibly, M D
M.D. SIBLY read history at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

Sibly, W a
W.A. SIBLY is a former Domus Exhibitioner in Classics at Balliol College, Oxford