History of the Crusades

the Crusades Episode 187, the crusade against the Cathars, the last Cathars.

Hello again. Now before we get started I must confess to having committed a major people

error two episodes ago in episode 185.

A stute listener Hugh pointed out that in that episode I repeatedly referred to Pope John

the 22nd as Pope John the 12th. What happened is that I missed a Roman

numeral, an X to be exact, meaning that Pope John the 22nd became Pope John the 12th. Now, unfortunately, Pope John the 12th, who lived in the 10th century, was one of the worst

popes to have ever sat in the papal seat. He is featured in ER Chamberlain's book, The Bad Popes, and I would go so far as to say that Pope John the 12th was not only a terrible Pope but an absolutely

awful example of a human.

In fact if you were to sit down with Pope John the 22nd and ask him which Pope he would prefer not

to be mistaken for, he would probably say, call me anything you want, but whatever you do, don't call me Pope John the 12th. So oops. Sorry

listeners, sorry fans of the paper see and a huge huge sorry to Pope John the 22nd.

Okay, now to this week's episode.

Last week we examined the betrayal and execution of the last Cathar Perfect Gionn belly bust.

This week we will look at the demise of the Cathar Faith in Long dock.

Now, as we stated in last week's episode,

it is possible that Arneud Sechre informed Jacques Fournier

of the extent of the Cathar heresy in Monteu and of the fact that the

priest of Monteu was a Cathar when he met with him back in late 1319.

Shark Fournier, however, was unable to move immediately against the Cathars of Monte

you. What he needed was proof of the extent of heresy within the village.

What he needed was someone who would give evidence to the church against both the priest of Monteu, Pierre Clegg and the villages of

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