The Occitan War: A Military and Political History of the Albigensian Crusade, 1209-1218

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Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Abbreviations......Page 10
Maps and plans......Page 12
Translation of names and places; calculation of distances......Page 13
Preface and acknowledgments......Page 15
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 16
Maps and plans......Page 18
CHAPTER 1 Introduction......Page 29
THE OCCITAN POLITICAL SITUATION ON THE EVE OF THE CRUSADE......Page 32
WARFARE IN WESTERN EUROPE ON THE EVE OF THE OCCITAN WAR......Page 39
LOGISTICS......Page 50
MAIN NARRATIVE SOURCES FOR THE CRUSADE......Page 52
CHAPTER 2 The campaign of 1209......Page 56
GATHERING THE TROOPS......Page 58
INTERLUDE IN THE AGENAIS, SPRING–SUMMER 1209......Page 63
THE MARCH OF THE CRUS ADER ARMY AND THE STORMING OF BEZIERS, JUNE TO 22 JULY 1209......Page 65
THE SIEGE OF CARCASSONNE, 1–15 AUGUST 1209......Page 73
A CHIEF CRUSADER IS CHOSEN: THE ATHLETE OF CHRIST......Page 81
SHOWS OF FORCE: AUGUST–SEPTEMBER 1209......Page 85
RETRENCHMENT AND REVENGE: SEPTEMBER–DECEMBER 1209......Page 90
CHAPTER 3 Simon of Montfort and the campaign of 1210......Page 97
THE SIEGE OF MINERVE, JUNE–JULY 1210......Page 104
THE SIEGE OF TERMES, AUGUST TO 23 NOVEMBER 1210......Page 112
CHAPTER 4 The campaigns of 1211......Page 122
THE SIEGE OF LAVAUR, SPRING 1211......Page 126
THE BATTLE OF MONTGEY, SPRING 1211......Page 133
THE FIRST SIEGE OF TOULOUSE, SUMMER, 1211......Page 139
THE SOUTHERN COUNTER-ATTACK, SUMMER–FALL 1211......Page 144
THE BATTLE OF SAINT-MARTIN-LA -LANDE......Page 149
THE AFTERMATH OF THE BATTLE AND THE CAMPAIGN SEASON TO 1212......Page 155
CHAPTER 5 Drawing the noose: The campaign year of 1212......Page 160
THE EARLY SPRING CAMPAIGNS: CHECK AT SAINT-MARCEL AND THE SIEGE OF HAUTPOL......Page 161
INVASION OF THE AGENAIS......Page 169
REVENGE AT BIRON AND THE SIEGE OF MOISSAC......Page 175
WRAPPING UP THE CAMPAIGN YEAR OF 1212......Page 181
CHAPTER 6 The athlete of Christ triumphs: late 1212 through Muret 1213......Page 186
THE STATUTES OF PAMIERS......Page 187
THE COUNCIL OF LAVAUR, LOSS OF THE INDULGENCE, AND PERE II’S MILITARY INTERVENTION......Page 189
THE CAMPAIGN YEAR PRIOR TO MURET......Page 197
THE BATTLE OF MURET, 12 SEPTEMBER 1213......Page 203
CHAPTER 7 From Muret to Casseneuil: September 1213 to December 1214......Page 224
THE SIEGE OF CASSENEUIL, 28 JUNE TO 18 AUGUST 1214......Page 236
FALL CAMPAIGNS IN QUERCY, PERI GORD, AND RODEZ, AUGUST TO NOVEMBER 1214......Page 241
THE COUNCIL OF MONTPELLIER, JANUARY 1215......Page 245
MONTFORT TAKES POSSESSION OF TOULOUSE AND OTHER TERRITORIES, WINTER–SPRING 1215......Page 248
THE POPE’S RESPONSE TO THE COUNCIL OF MONTPELLIER......Page 250
THE "CRUSADE" OF LOUIS VIII......Page 252
THE FOURTH LATERAN COUNCIL, NOVEMBER 1215......Page 256
PARADE OF THE VICTOR AND PLANS OF THE VANQUISHED: MARCH–APRIL 1216......Page 266
THE SIEGE, COUNTER-SIEGE AND LOSS OF BEAUCAIRE, 30 MAY TO 24 AUGUST 1216......Page 272
AFTER SHOCKS AT TOULOUSE......Page 286
THE EARLY CAMPAIGNS OF 1217......Page 290
CHAPTER 10 The second siege of Toulouse and end of the chief crusader: 1217–1218......Page 296
THE INITIAL PHASE OF THE SECOND SIEGE OF TOULOUSE: FALL 1217 AND WINTER 1218......Page 297
THE SUMMER SEASON BEGINS, MAY 1218......Page 310
THE FINAL PHASE, JUNE 1218......Page 314
THE CAT, THE RATS, AND THE END: LATE JUNE TO 25 JULY 1218......Page 318
EVENTS AFTER THE SECOND SIEGE OF TOULOUSE AND PRINCE LOUIS’S SECOND SOJOURN IN THE SOUTH......Page 325
FURTHER EVENTS OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY......Page 329
PEOPLE......Page 331
POLITICAL LEGACY FOR THE SOUTH......Page 333
PRIMARY SOURCES......Page 339
SECONDARY SOURCES......Page 342
Index......Page 352