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PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-100375404902

ISBN-139780375404900

eBay Product ID (ePID)1813844

Product Key Features

Book TitleYellow Cross : the Story of the Last Cathars

Number of Pages464 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2001

TopicChristianity / History, Christian Church / History, Europe / France, Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict

IllustratorYes

GenreReligion, History

AuthorRene Weis

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight30.5 Oz

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2001-088078

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"There can be fewer better guides than this beautiful book, which lets an almost forgotten people, even through the filter of time and the Inquisition, speak for themselves." -The Washington Post Book World "In a feat of inspired scholarship, Weis transports us back to that world, conveying all of the high drama of ecclesiastical interrogations, covert ceremonies, and fiery martyrdom. . . . A book that will long haunt its readers."--Booklist "This book reanimates the real world of the Cathars of seven hundred years ago in a way that is fresh, utterly modern, and pulsates with life."Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, author ofMontaillou "It succeeds enthrallingly . . . a moving evocation of an almost inconceivable faith."--The Times(London) From the Trade Paperback edition., "There can be fewer better guides than this beautiful book, which lets an almost forgotten people, even through the filter of time and the Inquisition, speak for themselves." -The Washington Post Book World "In a feat of inspired scholarship, Weis transports us back to that world, conveying all of the high drama of ecclesiastical interrogations, covert ceremonies, and fiery martyrdom. . . . A book that will long haunt its readers."--Booklist "This book reanimates the real world of the Cathars of seven hundred years ago in a way that is fresh, utterly modern, and pulsates with life."Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, author of Montaillou "It succeeds enthrallingly . . . a moving evocation of an almost inconceivable faith."--The Times (London) From the Trade Paperback edition.

Dewey Decimal272/.3

SynopsisA brilliant exploration of the medieval community that, with almost miraculous psychological fortitude and strength of faith, defied the Catholic Church and the Inquisition. The Cathars, whose religion was based on the Gospels but contradicted the orthodoxy of Rome, resided in what is now southwest France. In the early thirteenth century, they became the focus of systematic repression by both the monarchy and the Church, and were forced to wear the yellow cross, the original heretics' symbol of shame. In successive waves of brutal persecution, thousands of Cathars were captured, summarily tried, and burned at the stake. Yet so ardent was the faith of their community that during the years 1290 to 1320 the Cathars rose up one last time. René Weis tells the full story of these thirty years with the aid of remarkably detailed documentation-including previously untapped trial records, verbatim notes of interrogations, and minutes of the Inquisitors-as well as his own intimate knowledge of the last Cathars' hiding places, many of which survive to this day. It is a rich medieval tale of faith, adventure, sex, and courage that is miraculously true in every detail. Authoritative, eminently readable, andpeopled with indelible characters-almost 250 of them, from a charismatic, beautiful ch'telaine and a double-dealing priest to a loquacious, heroic shepherd and a merciless bishop-The Yellow Crossis a exceptionally vivid re-creation of a fascinating, and otherwise lost, world.

LC Classification NumberBX4891.2.W45 2001