On Cathars, Albigenses, and good men of Languedoc

Mark Gregory Pegg

doi:10.1016/S0304-4181(01)00008-2

On Cathars, Albigenses, and good men of Languedoc

Mark Gregory Pegg

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Abstract

This essay proposes a re-evaluation of how Cathars, Albigenses, and the heresy of the good men are studied. It argues that some commonplace notions about the Cathars, virtually unaltered for over a hundred years, are far from settled - especially when inquisition records from Languedoc are taken into account. It is this historiography, supported by a tendency to see heresy in idealist and intellectualist bias, suggests how the history of the Cathars and the good men might be rethought.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	181-195
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal of Medieval History
Volume	27
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-4181(01)00008-2
State	Published - 2001

Keywords

Albigenses
Bogomils
Cathars
Good men
Heresy
Languedoc

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