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Middle-Ages

1959

Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn

beowulf

poetry

anglo-saxon

old-english-lit

Raymond Wilson Chambers - 1959

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The love of God, and spiritual friendship

religion

catholicism

philosophy

Bernard of Clairvaux - 1959

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Massacre at Montségur: A History of the Albigensian Crusade

Zoé Oldenbourg - 1959

In 1208 Pope Innocent III called for a Crusade - this time against a country of fellow Christians.

The new enemy: Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse, one of the greatest princes in Christendom, premier baron of all the territories in southern France where the langue d'oc was spoken. Thus began the Albigensian Crusade, named after the town of Albi. It culminated in 1244 at the mountain fortress of Montségur with the massacre of the Cathars, or "pure ones" - a faith more ancient than Catholicism. At stake was not only the growth of this rival religion right in the heart of the Catholic Church's territory, but also the very survival of the Languedoc itself as an autonomous and independent region of France.

Gods and Men: The Origins of Western Culture