History of the Crusades

the Crusades Episode 160 Episode 165, the Crusade against the Cathars, deliverance.

Hello again.

Last week we saw Prince Louis of France revitalise the stumbling crusade against the Cathars

when he joined a sizable French army to the dwindling crusader one at the siege of Marmonde.

With the siege successfully concluded and the citizens of Marmonde safely massacred, the army made

its way to the city of Toulouse. The siege of Toulouse however however, only lasted six weeks, before Prince Louis abandoned the

Siege, packed up and headed back to Paris.

Now, although Prince Louis did leave behind a contingent of 200 Knights to bolster

armoury de Monfor's army, you can safely say that the departure of Prince Louis's forces and the lifting of the third

Siege of Toulouse was a major blow to the Crusader cause. With the massacre

at Marmond doing nothing to raise the popularity of Northern France, or for that matter, the church,

and with the city of Toulouse emerging untouched from Prince Louis siege, the rebellion took on a renewed figure and momentum.

Having already taken much of the Arginay, young Raymond now turned his attentions closer to home.

Not only the town's fortifications and strongholds of the county of Toulouse caught his attention, but those in the county of

Carcasson and Bézier as well.

In quick succession, young Raymond and his rebel army secured the towns of Puyluron, Servion, and Lavor.

With Castel Naudry also having declared for the rebels,

Armory de Monfort was forced into action.

He besieged Castel Nordry for eight months,

but didn't succeed in retaking it. One casualty of this battle was

armory's brother, Giedemontfor, who was killed during a failed assault on the

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