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Thus ended the protracted defiance of Nathaniel Courthope.
John Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
The news of the atrocity at Béziers spread like wildfire. The Crusaders marched on Narbonne, which, fearing a similar fate, surrendered at the first sight of the Crusade. Carcasonne was next, and Raymond Roger Trencavel knew it. He implemented a scorched-earth policy around the city to make the land as inhospitable as possible for the Crusaders, wh
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Our Allies
Steven Pressfield • Do the Work
Simon de Montfort’s death heralded not only the end of one of the darkest eras in the west since the Viking raids,
Sean Martin • The Cathars: The Most Successful Heresy of the Middle Ages
On Sunday, 13 January, negotiations broke down completely. Peter left for Rome at first light next morning. He was never to get there. While waiting for the ferry across the Rhône, a hooded rider galloped up to Peter and put a sword through him. The identity of the assassin remains unknown, but it mattered little: it was now war. The Albigensian Cr
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refulgent
Gregory David Roberts • Shantaram: A Novel
Toulouse fell almost immediately to the Crusaders, who then spent a month sacking the city.
Sean Martin • The Cathars: The Most Successful Heresy of the Middle Ages
