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The Albigensian Crusade (French: Croisade des albigeois), also known as the Cathar Crusade (1209–1229), was a military and ideological campaign initiated by Pope Innocent III to eliminate Catharism in Languedoc, what is now southern France. The Crusade was prosecuted primarily by the French crown and promptly took on a political aspect.
His son Amaury de Montfort continues the Albigensian Crusade with little success. [152] 1 August. Honorius III proclaims a new Albigensian Crusade. [167] 24 August. The siege engines of Oliver of Paderborn breach the main tower of Damietta which is taken is taken the next day. [166] 31 August. Al-Adil I dies and Al-Kamil becomes Ayyubid sultan ...
This includes the later Crusades to the Holy Land: the Third through Eighth Crusades, the Barons' Crusade and Lord Edward's Crusade. The Albigensian Crusade and Children's Crusade are also covered. The Fall of Outremer resulting from the Siege of Acre conclude the work. Table of Contents. [41] List of Illustrations. [42] List of Maps. [43 ...
This is a timeline of Spanish history, ... Map 1209: Albigensian Crusade: The pope Pope Innocent III called for a crusade to exterminate Catharism in Languedoc.
They reached the zenith of their power during the 11th and 12th centuries, but after the Albigensian Crusade the county fell to the kingdom of France, nominally in 1229 and de facto in 1271. Later the title was revived for Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse , a bastard of Louis XIV (1678–1737).
The Albigensian Crusade was a defence of the French Church, the Northern Crusades were campaigns conquering lands beloved of Christ's mother Mary for Christianity. [ 217 ] Inspired by the First Crusade, the crusading movement went on to define late medieval western culture and impacted the history of the western Islamic world. [ 218 ]
Toulouse was besieged from 22 September 1217 to 25 July 1218 during the Albigensian Crusade. It was the third of a series of sieges of the city during the height of Crusader efforts to put down Catharism (and the local Languedocian nobility). It ended in the repulsion of the Crusaders and the death of their leader, Simon IV de Montfort.
Albigensian Crusade. The Albigensian Crusade (1209–1229), or Cathar Crusade, was the first of the so-called religious crusades and was conducted against the Cathars in southern France. The 20-year campaign was successful.