How will these resources help you?

This list focuses on a fascinating era of the history of Christianity in the Languedoc region of medieval France. This interpretation of Christianity – known today as Catharism – was termed the ‘Albigensian Heresy’ by the Church, and ‘Good Christians’ by the adherents themselves. The movement was seen as such a threat that it was the focus of crusades and Inquisitions against it and was brutally eradicated. These resources encourage discussions of how a heresy is defined and which powers and groups are the gatekeepers of the ‘correct’ interpretation of a religion. (Some sections of the material may be more appropriate for older students due to the brutal nature of the campaigns against the Cathars).