Albigensian Crusade

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The Albigensian Crusade was a 13th-century papal military campaign in southern France aimed at eradicating the Cathar heresy and consolidating both religious and royal authority in the region.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Albigensian Crusade canonical 49
Albigensian Crusaders 2
Albigeois 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crusade ⓘ
medieval conflict ⓘ
papal military campaign ⓘ
religious war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
surface form: Cathar Crusade
authorizedBy Pope Innocent III ⓘ
belligerent County of Toulouse ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
Papal forces ⓘ
lords of Languedoc ⓘ
northern French crusader nobles ⓘ
cause murder of papal legate Pierre de Castelnau ⓘ
perceived spread of Cathar heresy in Languedoc ⓘ
conflictWith Catharism ⓘ
surface form: Cathar heresy
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
endTime 1229 ⓘ
followedBy institutionalization of the Medieval Inquisition in Languedoc ⓘ
goal consolidation of papal authority in Languedoc ⓘ
eradication of Cathar heresy ⓘ
expansion of Capetian royal power in southern France ⓘ
historicalPeriod 13th century ⓘ
historicalRegion Occitania ⓘ
languageContext Occitan-speaking regions ⓘ
location Occitania ⓘ
surface form: Languedoc

Southern France ⓘ
surface form: southern France
notableCommander Arnaud Amalric ⓘ
Louis IX of France ⓘ
Louis VIII of France ⓘ
Raymond VI of Toulouse ⓘ
surface form: Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse

Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse ⓘ
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester ⓘ
surface form: Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester
notableEvent Battle of Muret ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Muret (1213)

Council of Lateran IV (context of condemnation of Cathars) ⓘ
Massacre at Béziers ⓘ
Siege of Carcassonne (1209) ⓘ
Siege of Toulouse ⓘ
Treaty of Paris (1229) ⓘ
partOf medieval crusades ⓘ
precededBy papal preaching campaigns against Cathars ⓘ
religiousContext Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

medieval heresy suppression ⓘ
religiousTarget Catharism ⓘ
Catharism ⓘ
surface form: Cathars
result defeat of Cathar political power ⓘ
establishment of increased inquisitorial activity against heresy ⓘ
integration of Languedoc into the French royal domain ⓘ
strengthening of Capetian monarchy ⓘ
suppression of open Cathar practice ⓘ
startTime 1209 ⓘ
treaty Treaty of Paris (1229) ⓘ

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Referenced by (54)

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

High Middle Ages → hasMajorEvent → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Occitanie → hasCulturalRegion → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
this entity surface form: Albigeois
Pope Innocent III → launched → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Late Middle Ages → hasMajorEvent → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Saint Dominic → associatedWith → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Peter II of Aragon → participantIn → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Peter II of Aragon → notableEvent → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Peter II of Aragon → conflict → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Albigensian Crusade → alsoKnownAs → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cathar Crusade
Crusades → majorCampaign → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Louis VIII of France → militaryConflict → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Lothar of Segni → involvedIn → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Crusaders → tookPartIn → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Count of Toulouse → significantEvent → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Count of Toulouse → conflict → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Count of Toulouse → conflict → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crusade against the Cathars
Counts of Foix → conflictInvolvement → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Albi → historicalEvent → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Occitania → historicalEvent → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
County of Foix → playedRoleIn → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Catharism → targetOfCrusade → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
House of Montfort → participatedIn → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Peter I, Duke of Brittany → participatedIn → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Peter the Catholic → conflict → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Battle of Muret → partOf → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Battle of Muret → conflict → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Raymond VI of Toulouse → conflict → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Alix de Montmorency → participatedIn → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
House of Coucy → significantEvent → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Enguerrand III, Lord of Coucy → participatedIn → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
lords of Languedoc → involvedIn → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
subject surface form: Lords of Languedoc
lords of Languedoc → lostAutonomyDuring → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
subject surface form: Lords of Languedoc
County of Toulouse → event → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Arnaud Amalric → notableEvent → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Arnaud Amalric → participatedIn → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Massacre at Béziers → hasPartOf → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Massacre at Béziers → conflict → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Massacre at Béziers → belligerent → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
this entity surface form: Albigensian Crusaders
Siege of Carcassonne (1209) → conflict → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Siege of Carcassonne (1209) → partOf → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Siege of Carcassonne (1209) → hasCause → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Treaty of Paris (1229) → endedConflict → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse → participatedIn → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Siege of Toulouse → conflictOf → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Siege of Toulouse → belligerent → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
this entity surface form: Albigensian Crusaders
Siege of Toulouse → turningPointIn → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Cité de Carcassonne UNESCO World Heritage Site → historicalEvent → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
subject surface form: Cité de Carcassonne
Cathar castle of Lastours → usedDuring → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Papal Crusade → hasNotableForm → Albigensian Crusade ⓘ