Book description
In the 13th century, a group of heretics in southwest France, the
Cathars, became a serious threat to the Catholic church. In several
waves of repression, thousands of Cathars were killed. Yet so ardent was
their faith that, early in the next century, the Cathars rose one last
time. Using the breathtakingly detailed and uniquely extant
documentation from this period, and drawing on his intimate knowledge of
the last Cathars' tracks and hiding places, many of which survive to
this day, Ren Weis tells the full story of this gripping historical
episode. Ren Weis was born in 1953. He is Professor of English
Literature at UCL and the author of
Criminal Justice: The True Story of Edith Thompson,
first published in 1988 to critical acclaim.
