25.2 Albigensian Crusade in Languedoc, France Meets Resistance
A History of Europe, Key Battles
Carl Rylett
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🗓️ 15 April 2016
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Simon de Montfort becomes leader of the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars of Languedoc. He meets resistance from Count Raymond VI of Toulouse and the general population of the region.
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| 0:54.4 | By the winter of 1208 to 1209, preparations were well underway for a Crusader army to invade Langdok in southern France. |
| 1:05.7 | The intention was to destroy their heresy called Catharism. |
| 1:11.0 | The leaders of the region were well aware of this fact, |
| 1:14.1 | and the threat this represented to their positions. |
| 1:17.6 | Unfortunately for them, they could not agree on how to respond. |
| 1:22.8 | The Count of Toulouse, Raymond the Six, tried to persuade his young nephew, |
| 1:28.4 | the Count of Bessier and Carcassonne, Raymond Roger, Trenkaval, that they should work together. |
| 1:35.1 | But Raymond Roger would not listen. |
| 1:39.2 | The two leaders were unable to come to an agreement and overcome the rivalry that had existed between their families, |
| 1:46.0 | the San Gilles and the Tren Kaval, for well over a century. The rulers of southern France could |
| 1:52.9 | probably not foresee the scale of the disaster about to unfold in their beloved homeland. |
| 1:58.5 | After all, there was no precedent for a crusader army attacking a Christian |
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