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muriel_volestrangler

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7. It was the *pope's* perception of the beliefs

Reply to rug (Reply #6)

Thu Feb 7, 2013, 10:36 AM

Feb 2013

He saw them as a threat to the *Catholic religion*. And told their countrymen that their religion demanded the Cathars be suppressed. There's a reason it's called a 'crusade'.

It is the origin of "kill them all; God will know his own" (said by an abbot in command of the sacking of a town).

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The Role of Religion in Civil Wars [View all] rug Feb 2013 OP

'Ever'? I think it sometimes has been muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #1

Don't you think that, from your article, the fact that many in the rebellion were impoverished and rug Feb 2013 #2

Taiping? No, it was religious, for the leaders muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #4

For other wars, the motive is patriotism, nationalism or some other intangible ideal. rug Feb 2013 #6

It was the *pope's* perception of the beliefs muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #7

That was Abbot Almaric who led the army. rug Feb 2013 #8

Calling the Albigensian Crusade a civil war okasha Feb 2013 #9

No, it wasn't about Aquitaine/Gascony muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #10

Even the English Civil War Adsos Letter Feb 2013 #3

The Scottish part of the Civil Wars was more so muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #5

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