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Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Book
- Features
- Illustrated
- Intended Audience
- N/A
- ISBN
- 9781846030666
- Book Title
- Cathar Castles : Fortresses of the Albigensian Crusade 1209-1300
- Book Series
- Fortress Ser.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Item Length
- 9.9 in
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes, Dennis, Peter
- Item Height
- 0.2 in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Military / General, Military / Medieval
- Item Weight
- 7.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 7.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 64 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
1846030668
ISBN-13
9781846030666
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57049011
Product Key Features
Book Title
Cathar Castles : Fortresses of the Albigensian Crusade 1209-1300
Number of Pages
64 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Topic
Military / General, Military / Medieval
Illustrator
Yes, Dennis, Peter
Genre
History
Book Series
Fortress Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.2 in
Item Weight
7.1 Oz
Item Length
9.9 in
Item Width
7.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"While not directly related to coast defense, this book is compelling, both from a human perspective and from the perspectiuve of medieval fortifications and siegcraft. From either aspect, this is an excellent book and well recommended." -Bolling Smith, Coast Defense Journal "...ably illustrated by Peter Dennis and further enhanced by photographs of the sites as they are today. I found his drawings and cut-aways to be especially informative and gives an idea of what it was like to be in these places during times of siege. Overall, another fascinating book from the folks at Osprey. I always learn from these books and find them to be an excellent resource. It is a book you can buy with confidence." -Scott Van Aken, modelingmadness.com "This book makes both a useful guide and history of the fortifications in the region of Languedoc... The book serves as a useful resource, especially since most books on the Cathars and their fortifications are only in French." -J.E. Kauffman, The Coastal Defence Journal, "While not directly related to coast defense, this book is compelling, both from a human perspective and from the perspectiuve of medieval fortifications and siegcraft. From either aspect, this is an excellent book and well recommended." -- Bolling Smith, Coast Defense Journal "This book makes both a useful guide and history of the fortifications in the region of Languedoc... The book serves as a useful resource, especially since most books on the Cathars and their fortifications are only in French." -- J.E. Kauffman, The Coastal Defence Journal "...ably illustrated by Peter Dennis and further enhanced by photographs of the sites as they are today. I found his drawings and cut-aways to be especially informative and gives an idea of what it was like to be in these places during times of siege. Overall, another fascinating book from the folks at Osprey. I always learn from these books and find them to be an excellent resource. It is a book you can buy with confidence." -- Scott Van Aken, modelingmadness.com, "While not directly related to coast defense, this book is compelling, both from a human perspective and from the perspectiuve of medieval fortifications and siegcraft. From either aspect, this is an excellent book and well recommended." -Bolling Smith,Coast Defense Journal "...ably illustrated by Peter Dennis and further enhanced by photographs of the sites as they are today. I found his drawings and cut-aways to be especially informative and gives an idea of what it was like to be in these places during times of siege. Overall, another fascinating book from the folks at Osprey. I always learn from these books and find them to be an excellent resource. It is a book you can buy with confidence." -Scott Van Aken,modelingmadness.com "This book makes both a useful guide and history of the fortifications in the region of Languedoc... The book serves as a useful resource, especially since most books on the Cathars and their fortifications are only in French." -J.E. Kauffman,The Coastal Defence Journal
Series Volume Number
55
Dewey Decimal
623.19448
Synopsis
In the early 12th century AD a large area of present-day France was not under the direct control of the French king. In fact, the French king's direct authority stretched little further than Paris and the area immediately around it, the Ile de France. Many of the other regions were semi-independent duchies and counties, controlled by, amongst others, the King of England and the Holy Roman Emperor. One such area free from direct French control was the Languedoc, the area stretching from the Massif Central south to the Pyrenees, and as far as the river Rhone to the east. This area was under the loose overlordship of the counts of Toulouse, and by the beginning of the 12th century the whole region had become the centre of an early form of Protestantism called Catharism that flourished to an extraordinary degree and threatened the rule of the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Innocent III, alarmed at this heresy and the unwillingness of the southern nobility to do much to uproot it, launched a crusade in 1209 against European Christians. The crusading army, represented the established Church consisting predominatly of northern French knights. They saw this as an opportunity both to 'take the cross' and to obtain new lands and wealth for themselves more conveniently than crusading to the Holy land. This, the Albigensian Crusade, became a brutal struggle between the north and the south of France as much as between orthodox Roman Catholic and heretic Cathar. The inhabitants of the Languedoc had always relied for their safety upon a series of strongly fortified walled cities, such as Albi, Carcassonne, B_ziers, Toulouse and a large number of fortified hill-top villages and castles which dotted the countryside. These so-called 'Cathar Castles' now became the last refuge against the invading crusaders and the conflict developed into a series of protracted and bloody sieges that lasted for over 30 years. The author describes these two very different types of fortification, the walled city and the hill-top castle. He explains why they were positioned where they were, how they were built, and the defensive principles behind their construction, and also reviews how well they withstood the test of the Albigensian Crusade. Related Titles The Crusades (Essential Histories) Medieval Siege Warfare (Elite) French Medieval Armies 1000-1300 (Men-at-Arms)
LC Classification Number
UG429.F8
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