Albi
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Albi is a commune in southern France. It is the prefecture of the Tarn department, on the river Tarn, 85 km northeast of Toulouse. Its inhabitants are called Albigensians. It is the seat of the Archbi
Albi featuring the Sainte-Cécile cathedral and the Pont Vieux (old bridge) over the river Tarn
The Hôtel de Ville
Palais de la Berbie
La Goulue arriving at the Moulin Rouge, by Toulouse-Lautrec (1892)
Catharism
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Catharism was a Christian quasi-dualist and pseudo-Gnostic movement in northern Italy and southern France between the 12th and 14th centuries.
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…commercial exchanges, and also to the tolls charged to travelers using the Pont Vieux. In 1208, the Pope and the French king joined forces to combat the Cathars, who had developed their own version of ascetic Christian dualism, a heresy considered dangerous by the dominant Catholic Church. Repression was severe…
St. Paul, by Valentin de Boulogne.
The Fall of the Rebel Angels by Hieronymus Bosch
Painting by Pedro Berruguete portraying the story of a disputation between Saint Dominic and the Cathars (Albigensians), in which the books of both were thrown on a fire and Dominic's books were miraculously preserved from the flames.
Cathars being expelled from Carcassonne in 1209.