NormanH Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 800 years ago yesterday Béziers was sacked by the armies of Simon de Monfort during the Albigensian CrusadeSome details of the 'celebrations' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 And Cambridge University was founded.So who was then the most civilised ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted July 23, 2009 Author Share Posted July 23, 2009 Well people here hold that the troubadour culture destroyed at this time was far in advance of the Northern part of France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boiling a frog Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 59 yr ago my wife was born, the world has never been the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odile Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 De Montfort is now the largest University in the UK, I heard recently!But what on earth are they CELEBRATING/ up to a million people where killed in south west France - Christians killing Christians, in the most fanatical way that can be imagined.. How can that be celebrated? It was a dark dark time for the area.5 mins later, self edited.Ok, having read the link - it is great that the town wants to celebrate the way their population refused to give in the Cathars living among them. I was not aware of that, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkkent Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 [quote user="odile"]De Montfort is now the largest University in the UK, I heard recently![/quote]May be. However, it is not named after the gentleman referred to in the first post, but his son.When Beziers was sacked during the Albigensian crusade, Amaud-Amaury, abbot of Citeau was asked how cathars could be distinguished from catholics. He replied "Kill them all. God will recognise his own."Edit: Cathars were not christians in any accepted sense of the word. They believed that the physical world was the domain of Satan and that the spiritual world was God's domain. One could only enter God's world by eschewing the physical and becoming a "parfait" - no worldly goods, no sex ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 [quote user="odile"]De Montfort is now the largest University in the UK, I heard recently!But what on earth are they CELEBRATING/ up to a million people where killed in south west France - Christians killing Christians, in the most fanatical way that can be imagined.. How can that be celebrated? It was a dark dark time for the area.5 mins later, self edited.Ok, having read the link - it is great that the town wants to celebrate the way their population refused to give in the Cathars living among them. I was not aware of that, sorry.[/quote]I think it was my fault for using the word celebrate... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 De Montfort is now the largest University in the UK, I heard recently!No, that's the Open University - over 220,000 students. I work for them.M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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