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Apr 2, 2019 · Did the Cathars believe in a goddess? The Cathars believed in the feminine principle of the Divine; God was both male and female. They did not believe in a single goddess. What happened to the Cathars? The Cathars were crushed in the Albigensian Crusade of 1209-1229.
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Oct 19, 2018 · The Albigensian Crusade (aka Cathars' Crusade, 1209-1229 CE), was the first crusade to specifically target heretic Christians - the Cathars of southern France. Not successful in repressing the heresy, the on-off campaigns over two decades, led by Simon IV de Montfort, did achieve their real purpose: the political annexation of the Languedoc ...
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Apr 1, 2018 · From 1208, the Church continued to wage a war of terror against the indigenous population of the Languedoc and their rulers. During this period an estimated half-million Languedoc men, women and children were massacred, Catholics as well as Cathars. The Crusaders killed the locals indiscriminately.
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- Catharism was a dualistic faith. Instead of accepting the Catholic church’s dogma involving the Holy Trinity, the Cathars believed that the universe was ruled by two gods in conflict: a good, kind, and loving god who had created the spiritual realm, and an evil god who had created this material, earthly world with all of its suffering.
- They were very accepting of women. Cathars who wanted to be as spiritually pure as possible lived a strict life of celibacy, humility, and adherence to the bible, and were called perfecti.
- They were vegetarian/vegan. With the exception of fish, Cathar perfecti were expected to live on vegan fare, excluding eggs, cheese, and even the animal fat so often used in medieval cooking from their diets.
- Their faith was a rejection of – and reaction to – the Catholic church. Medieval Christians of all sorts were uncomfortable with how the church was run, from its wealth and how it gathered it (for example, through the sale of indulgences) to its reliance on priests and Latin.
Jan 17, 2020 · This led to the Battle of Muret in September 1213, in which the crusaders, although outnumbered, crushed the forces of the Cathars and killed Peter II of Aragon. Raymond fled to England, and by 1215, the Cathar movement was largely suppressed.
Nov 17, 2022 · The Albigensian Crusade or the Cathar Crusade was a military and ideological campaign initiated by Pope Innocent III to eliminate Catharism. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain) Four Church Councils in 1119, 1139, 1148 and 1163 declared the Cathars to be heretics.
Sep 18, 2017 · When Raymond, in turn, blocked the arrival of crusading reinforcements four miles away, de Montfort took a huge risk, sending half his cavalry to help the crusaders break through. As the battle turned against them, de Montfort himself galloped forth, turning the tide and breaking the siege of Castelnaudary.
