siege of Béziers

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battle event in the Albigensian Crusade siege

The siege of Béziers was a brutal 1209 assault during the Albigensian Crusade in which crusader forces massacred much of the town’s population, becoming infamous for its extreme violence.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sack of Béziers (1209)	1
Siege of Lavaur	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ event in the Albigensian Crusade ⓘ siege ⓘ
associatedQuote	Kill them all; God will know His own ⓘ
attributedTo	Arnaud Amalric NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Albigensian Crusaders NERFINISHED ⓘ Cathar inhabitants of Béziers ⓘ Catholic inhabitants of Béziers ⓘ citizens of Béziers ⓘ forces of the Catholic Church ⓘ northern French crusader nobles ⓘ
casualties	large proportion of town’s population massacred ⓘ thousands of inhabitants killed ⓘ
cause	papal campaign against Cathar heresy ⓘ refusal to hand over alleged heretics ⓘ
commander	Arnaud Amalric NERFINISHED ⓘ Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Albigensian Crusade NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
endDate	1209-07-22 ⓘ
followedBy	siege of Carcassonne (1209) NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	High Middle Ages ⓘ
legacy	example of medieval total war tactics ⓘ frequently cited in discussions of genocide and mass violence ⓘ symbol of religious intolerance ⓘ
location	Béziers NERFINISHED ⓘ Languedoc NERFINISHED ⓘ Occitania NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	extreme violence ⓘ indiscriminate massacre of Cathars and Catholics ⓘ mass killing of civilians ⓘ phrase “Kill them all; God will know His own” ⓘ
partOf	Albigensian Crusade NERFINISHED ⓘ history of Languedoc ⓘ history of Occitania ⓘ history of the Catholic Church ⓘ
pointInTime	July 1209 ⓘ
precededBy	papal call for crusade by Pope Innocent III ⓘ
religiousContext	Catharism NERFINISHED ⓘ Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	crusader victory ⓘ destruction of much of Béziers ⓘ massacre of the population of Béziers ⓘ
startDate	1209-07-21 ⓘ
target	supporters of Raymond VI of Toulouse ⓘ suspected Cathar heretics ⓘ
year	1209 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of Carcassonne (1209) → follows → siege of Béziers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sack of Béziers (1209)

Arnaud Amalric → notableEvent → siege of Béziers ⓘ

Massacre at Béziers → precededBy → siege of Béziers ⓘ

Siege of Toulouse → precededBy → siege of Béziers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Lavaur