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St. Paul's Indian Burial Mounds, Paul Nelson
Orgolhs, Paratge, And La Gentils Toloza: Imagining Community In The Song Of The Cathar Wars, Elizabeth Johnson
Orgolhs, Paratge, And La Gentils Toloza: Imagining Community In The Song Of The Cathar Wars, Elizabeth Johnson
History Honors Projects
The Albigensian Crusade in Occitania (1208-1229), which targeted the Cathar heretics as well as their orthodox compatriots, impelled an otherwise disparate set of Occitan noblemen to unite in opposition to the invasion. This newfound cohesion gave birth to an Occitan political community whose members were united by common fears, goals, and virtues. Through my analysis of the second portion of the chanson de geste, The Song of the Cathar Wars, authored by an anonymous poet sympathetic to the Occitans, I suggest the emergence of this Occitan community based upon (1) the portrayal of the French crusaders as well as the …
Visible Civility, Maeve Kane