The Albigensian Crusade in Anglo‐American Historiography, 1888–2013

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ID12732425
AuthorsLaurence W Marvin (Berry College, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume11
Issue12
Pages1126-1138
Publication date2013-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHistory Compass (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1478-0542 • E-ISSN: 1478-0542
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/hic3.12122
OpenAlexW1961338367
LanguageEN
References cited39

Of all the crusades which occurred in the crusade era, the Albigensian Crusade stands as one of the most infamous, although the Cathar religion and the Inquisition have drawn more academic and popular attention. Older scholarship treated the Albigensian Crusade as ancillary to the development of the Inquisition. Assigning the relative importance of the Albigensian Crusade within wider crusade historiography remains problematic for historians. An important historiographical development began in the 1970s as Anglo‐American scholars chose to treat the Albigensian Crusade not simply as precursor of the Inquisition but as a standalone event. Besides this advancement, Anglo‐American scholars have done valuable work on regions and towns affected by the crusade and Catharism. Since 9/11 and the on‐going ‘War on Terror’, crusades to the Eastern Mediterranean still drive the historiography, but more remains to be done on the Albigensian Crusade. The local church, regional studies, biographical treatments, and prosopographical work have barely been touched on in English

Ancient history · Archaeology · Historiography · Political science · Prosopography · Scholarship · Classics · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Medieval European Literature and History · Medieval Literature and History

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