History of the Crusades

the Crusades Episode 184, the crusade against the Cathars, the Dark Years, 1309 and 1310. Hello again.

Last week we saw the Inquisition move a little closer to the town of Monteu and the

Ote brothers.

Giom Ote's wife was questioned by the Inquisition in 1308

and in May of that year a raid was conducted on Monteu.

While Giam Ochi, who was in Monteu when the raid took place,

along with another perfect, Prades Tevernier, managed to escape, some of the villagers were arrested.

The good news for the Cathars of Monteiou was that their secret remained undiscovered.

The raid hadn't revealed the shocking fact that their priest was a Cathar,

and the handful of villages arrested indicated that the Inquisitor's had no idea of the extent of Catharism in the village.

Now, at this time, it was not only Monteu which was filling the heat of the proximity of the Dominicans.

All over the county of Foire raids were occurring.

Cathars were being arrested, interrogated and occasionally executed.

Some Cathars were cracking under interrogation and were naming other Cathars that they knew.

These were nerve-wracking times for both the perfect and

the Cathar faithful in the region.

It was ordained a perfect

perfect by Giam-O-Ti.

Remember Anu-Marty?

Remember Anu-Marty?

Giam-O-Ti stayed at the Marti farm during his early days in the Sabotez, and Arnao Marti had thrown his brother Bernard's cap onto the floor after he had failed to remove it in the presence of

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