The Occitan War

Informationen zum Autor Laurence W. Marvin is Associate Professor of history at the Evans School of Humanities! Berry College! Georgia. Klappentext A political and military history of the Albigensian Crusade of 1209 1218. Zusammenfassung Laurence Marvin offers one of the first studies of the Albigensian Crusade as military and political history rather than religious history and traces these dimensions of the conflict from 1209 to 1218. He presents a history of the struggle! the personalities involved and the impact of the crusade on Occitania. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The campaign of 1209; 3. Simon of Montfort and the campaign of 1210; 4. The campaigns of 1211; 5. Drawing the noose: the campaign year of 1212; 6. The athlete of Christ triumphs: late 1212 through Muret 1213; 7. From Muret to Casseneuil: September 1213 to December 1214; 8. The two councils and Prince Louis's crusade, January-December; 9. The southern counterattack begins: February 1216 to Fall 1217; 10. The second siege of Toulouse and end of the chief crusader: 1217 to 1218; Aftermath and epilogue.

Klappentext

A political and military history of the Albigensian Crusade of 1209 1218.

Zusammenfassung
Laurence Marvin offers one of the first studies of the Albigensian Crusade as military and political history rather than religious history and traces these dimensions of the conflict from 1209 to 1218. He presents a history of the struggle, the personalities involved and the impact of the crusade on Occitania.

Inhalt

1. Introduction; 2. The campaign of 1209; 3. Simon of Montfort and the campaign of 1210; 4. The campaigns of 1211; 5. Drawing the noose: the campaign year of 1212; 6. The athlete of Christ triumphs: late 1212 through Muret 1213; 7. From Muret to Casseneuil: September 1213 to December 1214; 8. The two councils and Prince Louis's crusade, January-December; 9. The southern counterattack begins: February 1216 to Fall 1217; 10. The second siege of Toulouse and end of the chief crusader: 1217 to 1218; Aftermath and epilogue.