The Albigensian Crusade
Course of the Crusade
The crusading bull
Those who went were promised the lands of the conquered
Raymond leads the crusade
Many knights from all over joined the land rush
Raymond saw that his only hope of preserving his county was to try to take charge of the crusade himself
Arnold Amalric, convinced Raymond is a heretic, imposed severe conditions.
Raymond finally agreed to this and was publicly reconciled to the Church in June 1209 at St. Gilles.
Short overview: six phases
- 1209-1211: conquest of all the Trencavel lands
- 1211-1213: conquest of the Toulousain
- 1213: Peter of Aragon and the Battle of Muret
- 1213-1215: Simon of Montfort. Resistance collapses
- 1215-1225: the counter-attack of the southerners
- 1225-1229: conquest by Louis VIII