Albigenses
- members of a Catharistic sect in the south of France that arose in the 11th century and was exterminated in the 13th century by a crusade (Albigensian Crusade) and the Inquisition.
Origin of Albigenses
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The Albigensian Crusade is no isolated page in the annals of the Midi.
How France Built Her CathedralsElizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
It would be impossible, in a few words, to tell the whole story of this Albigensian movement.
A Short History of Monks and MonasteriesAlfred Wesley Wishart
The pious Simon de Montfort thus consulted the "sacred lots" ere taking the cross for the Albigensian crusade.
Life on a Mediaeval BaronyWilliam Stearns Davis
The immediate purpose of their Order was resistance to the Albigensian heresy.
Education in England in the Middle AgesAlbert William Parry
His host at Toulouse happened to be an Albigensian, and Dominic spent the night in converting him.
An Introduction to the History of Western EuropeJames Harvey Robinson
Albigenses
- members of a Manichean sect that flourished in S France from the 11th to the 13th century
Word Origin for Albigenses
Word Origin and History for albigensian
Albigensian
c.1600, "relating to the Albigenses," Catharist religious reformers of southern France c.1020-1250, Medieval Latin Albigenses (12c.), from French Albi, name of the town in Languedoc where they lived and were first condemned as heretics (1176). The town name is from Roman personal name Albius, from Latin albus "white" (see alb).