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Cathars
Who or what were Cathars?
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An heretical sect who became established in medieval Languedoc Roussillon, persecuted by the Roman Catholic Church, a crusade led by Simon de Montfort, led to their being wiped out following war, seiges, massacres. Their castles, on rocky inaccessible outcrops, remain as a major tourist attraction of the "Pays Cathare". Read "The Perfect Heresy" by Stephen O'Shea published Profile Books in 2000.
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