Montsegur And The Cathars


	Montsegur And The Cathars

Socratoad

12-29-2007 4:30 PM

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Socratoad says:

The history and injustice of this horrendous saga, as well a many other of similar brutality and lack of simple compassion, has, I must admit, greatly affected my lack of esteem for religion in general.

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AND THE
CATHARS</FONT></B></H1>
<TABLE cellpadding="6" border="0"><TBODY><TR><TD width="250" bgcolor="#eaae22" align="center"><P align="center"><STRONG><FONT size="4" face="Arial" color="#000000">MAIN MENU</FONT></STRONG></p> <P align="center">
<FONT size="2" face="Arial" color="#ffffff">
<STRONG>
<A href="http://www.russianbooks.org/montsegur/montsegur1.htm">1. INTRO TO THE CATHAR FAITH
</A></STRONG></FONT><FONT size="1" face="Arial" color="#000000"><B>A CRITICAL INTRODUCTION</B></FONT>
<FONT size="2" face="Arial" color="#ffffff">
<STRONG>
<A href="http://www.russianbooks.org/montsegur/montsegur2.htm">2. HISTORY OF MONTSEGUR (Part I)
</A></STRONG></FONT><BR />   <B><FONT size="1" face="Arial" color="#000000">PRIOR
TO 1242</FONT></B>
<STRONG><FONT size="2" face="Arial" color="#ffffff">
<A href="http://www.russianbooks.org/montsegur/montsegur3.htm">3. HISTORY OF MONTSEGUR (Part II)
</A></FONT></STRONG><B><FONT size="1" face="Arial" color="#000000">THE SIEGE
1243-1244</FONT></B>
<STRONG><FONT size="2" face="Arial" color="#ffffff">
<A href="http://www.russianbooks.org/montsegur/montsegur4.htm">4. HISTORY OF MONTSEGUR (Part
  III)
</A></FONT></STRONG><B><FONT size="1" face="Arial" color="#000000">THE FALL IN
1244  AND THE AFTERMATH</FONT></B>
<STRONG><FONT size="2" face="Arial" color="#ffffff">
<A href="http://www.russianbooks.org/montsegur/montsegur5.htm">5. NAMES OF CATHARS EXECUTED</A>
</FONT></STRONG>
<STRONG><FONT size="2" face="Arial" color="#ffffff">
</FONT><FONT color="#000000"><FONT size="2" face="Arial">
</FONT></FONT></STRONG><FONT size="1" face="Arial" color="#000000"><B> MARCH 1244 </B></FONT><STRONG><FONT size="2" face="Arial" color="#ffffff">                  
</FONT></STRONG></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P align="center">
<B><FONT size="3" face="Arial" color="#ffffff">PETER
      VRONSKY</FONT>
      </B></p> <P align="center">
<FONT size="1" face="Arial" color="#ffffff"><SPAN>
<A href="http://www.russianbooks.org/mailto:info@petervronsky.com">  E-MAIL  </A>
</SPAN></FONT>
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THE HERETIC CATHAR FAITH AND THE SIEGE
OF FORTRESS MONTSEGUR MARCH 1244</FONT></B></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.russianbooks.org/montsegur.htm"><FONT size="2" face="Arial">   
In 1243-1244--the Cathars--a mysterious heretical sect  were besieged at Montsegur
            by ten 
thousand Royal Catholic French troops.   In March of 1244,
            the castle finally surrendered and 
the Cathar defenders were burned en masse in a bonfire at the foot of the
            <I>pog</I>.</FONT></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0B78EE62-BFDA-4160-9B35-4B0F60F8E889/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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