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.

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Surface form Occurrences
Albigeois 1
Cathar Crusade 1

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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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Albigensian Crusade alsoKnownAs Albigensian Crusade
this entity surface form: Cathar Crusade
Saint Dominic associatedWith Albigensian Crusade
Peter II of Aragon conflict Albigensian Crusade
Occitanie hasCulturalRegion Albigensian Crusade
this entity surface form: Albigeois
High Middle Ages hasMajorEvent Albigensian Crusade
Late Middle Ages hasMajorEvent Albigensian Crusade
Pope Innocent III launched Albigensian Crusade
Crusades majorCampaign Albigensian Crusade
Louis VIII of France militaryConflict Albigensian Crusade
Peter II of Aragon notableEvent Albigensian Crusade
Peter II of Aragon participantIn Albigensian Crusade