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INDEX

The page numbers in this index refer to the print edition of this book.

Page numbers followed by an “n” indicate a note.

Abbeville, Nicolas d', xx, 59–60, 69, 75–77, 80–82

Ablis, Geoffroy d'

biographical info, xvii

and Cathar revival, 165–66, 167–68, 182

and dissent in Carcassonne over

accord, 119, 122–23, 125–27

overview, 116

accord between the Church and

Carcassonne

Ablis shares with townspeople, 126–28

attacks on signers of, 128, 130

Bernard's use of accord to incite

townspeople, 115–16, 118–20

Bourg complying with, 85

Dominicans' attempt to arrest the

doomed dozen, 65–67, 69, 75–76

signing of, 60

Agitateur du Languedoc, L'
(Laurens), 1–2

Aigues-–Mortes, Camargue, 224
n

Albi

attack on inquisitor, 54, 234
n

Castanet's return to, 101–2, 117

and Castanet's sexual proclivities, 93

complaints about Castanet, 93, 96

and secession plan, 157

wounds of inquisition, 69, 73–75, 88–89

See also
prisoners from Albi

Albigensian Crusade

attack of the Cité, 36–37

burning alive 400 people, 37–38

Dominicans as inquisitors, 41–42, 228
n

and Innocent III, 40–41

overview, 17–18

Toulouse as protagonist, 143

Anagni, Italy, 32–33

Aquitaine, x, 30

Aristotle, 26–27

Arnaud, Guillaume, 55

Aunay, Jean d', xix, 168, 169, 170–71, 254
n

Autier, Peire

Bernard compared to, 178

biographical info, xxi, 166–67

capture and death of, 182

on inquisitors and inquisition, 175

on opulence of the Church, 167, 175–76, 253
n
, 256
n

Autier revival of Cathars, 166–68, 172, 182, 191, 253
n

Avignon, 14–15, 171–72, 255
n

Avignonet, 55, 235
n

Aycelin, Gilles, xvii––xviii, 97, 150, 167

Baluze, Etienne, 258
n

Battle of the Golden Spurs, 109

Beguins, 178

Benedict XI, Pope

Bernard's prediction of death of, 168–69, 181, 194–95

biographical info, xv, 138–39

bull demanding Bernard's arrest, 161

murder charges against Bernard for death of, 168–69, 194–95

Benedict XII, Pope, 182.
See also

Fournier, Jacques

Bergamo, Bonagratia de, 187–88

Bernard.
See
Délicieux, Bernard

Bernard of Clairvaux, 46, 231–232
n

Bernardone, Giovanni Francesco di, xviii, 18, 217
n
.
See also
Francis of Assisi

Béziers, convent at, 173, 184–85

Biblical scriptures

on destruction of Jerusalem, 120–21

“foxes in the vineyards of the Lord,” 41

as justification for inquisition, 45–46, 230–231
n

and resurrection vs. dead or alive cremation, 79

“wolves in sheep's clothing,” 41, 121–22, 138, 190, 228
n

Boccasini, Niccolò, 138–39.
See also

Benedict XI, Pope

Boniface VIII, Pope

and Bernard, 60, 236
n

biographical info, xvi, 12–14

Carcassonnais take complaints to, 60

celebration after Battle of the Golden Spurs, 109

and Dante, 33, 223
n

and Jubilee, 12, 13, 166, 216
n

and Nogaret, 30, 31–33, 98, 104, 133, 137

and Philip IV, 29–34, 104, 222
n

on Registers X and XI, 206

and unraveling of the papacy, 14–15

Bourg, the

complying with accord, 85

concern about accord with the

Church, 115–16

marine infantry parachute regiment in, 35, 225
n

overview, 35–37, 224
n

and Patrice, 117–18, 119–20, 128, 130

Picquigny review of accord in, 118–19

protests ending inquisition in, 59–60, 65–67, 236
n
, 237
n

punishment and hanging for secession plan, 168, 170–71, 254
n

riot after reading of the accord, 127–28

See also
Wall, the

brotherhoods

growth of, 15–16, 19, 218
n

Knights Templar, 20–21, 23–24, 29, 183, 219
n

Waldenses, 17, 42, 44–45, 116, 217
n

See also
Cathars; Dominicans; Franciscans; Spiritual Franciscans

Brothers Karamazov, The
(Dostoevsky), 46, 232
n

Bruges, Flanders, 106, 107–8

Bruges Matins, 108

Brunet, Guilhem, 56, 235
n

Capetians, 24, 26, 29, 109, 220
n
, 226–227
n

capital punishment, 44–45

Carcassonne

Bernard's influence in, 5

complaints about Castanet, 93

Dominicans and Franciscans as overseers of the inquisition, 98

effect of inquisition, 89–90

Philip IV's visit, 153–54, 155

Pont Vieux, 37

secession attempt, 156–61, 169–71,

193–94, 254
n

Trivalle and Faubourg St. Laurent, 36, 65, 225
n

See also
accord between the Church and Carcassonne; Bourg, the; Cité, the; Wall, the

Castanet, Bernard de

and Albi's wealthy, 75–77, 85, 238
n

Bernard's plea for removal of, 89, 90, 96, 104

biographical info, xv, 74

and Cathedral of Ste. Cécile, 73–74

charges against Bernard, 188

complaints against, 93, 96

and Philip IV, 93, 101

return to Albi, 101–2, 117

sex rules for married couples, 74–75, 237
n

and Ste. Cécile Cathedral, 73–74

See also
prisoners from Albi

Castel St. Angelo, Rome, 11, 215
n

Cathars

Autier revival, 166–68, 172, 182, 191, 253
n

beliefs of, 17

Bernard's view of, 68–69, 237
n

Church opulence vs., 16–17, 174–76, 184, 217
n
, 256
n

conclave in St. Félix, 28

consolamentum
sacrament, 78–79, 166

defectors and betrayal, 53–54

growth of, 16

melioramentum
ritual, 49

overview, 6

post-Crusade, 38

Spiritual Franciscans compared to, 178

torture of, 50

See also
Albigensian Crusade; Autier, Peire; inquisition

Celestine V, Pope, xvi, 13, 176, 216
n

Champagne, Durand de, xvii, 103–4, 169

Charles of Valois, 223
n

Châtillon, Jacques de, xix, 107–8

Church, the

Cathars on, 167, 253
n

fear as tool of, 174

the forgiving apology, 205–6, 260
n

and France, 25, 136–38, 221
n

as institutional technocracy, 15–16

opposition to literacy among laity, 16

opulence of, 16–17, 174–76, 184, 217
n
, 256
n

and Roman
inquisitio
, 39

Truce of God movement, 117

See also
accord between the Church and Carcassonne; papacy

Cité, the

and Albigensian Crusade, 36–37

the bishop's palace, 36, 93, 191–92

overview, 35–36, 224
n

and prisoners from Albi, 132–34, 191

royal custody of prisoners from Albi, 132–34

trial of Bernard in, 190–98

Clareno, Angelo, xv, 3, 185, 187

Clement V, Pope, xvii, 171–72, 173, 176, 183, 206

Colonna, Sciarra, 32–33

Commercial Revolution, 21–22, 25, 218
n

Comtat Venaissin, 171, 226–227
n
See also
Avignon

Coninck, Pieter de, xxi––xxii, 106, 107, 108, 109, 147

Conradin, 25, 220
n

consolamentum
sacrament of the Cathars, 78–79, 166

Constantinople, 22, 218
n

Conventual Franciscans, 176–78, 179, 181–82, 184–85, 187–88

Costa, Bernard, 78, 79, 81–82, 90, 206

Costa, Raimond, xxii, 56, 89, 235
n

Crusade, the.
See
Albigensian Crusade

Dante, 11–12, 33, 116, 215
n
, 223
n

De Coninck, Pieter, xxi––xxii, 106, 107, 108, 109, 147

Délicieux, Bernard

appointment to convent in Nar-bonne, 102–3

beliefs of, 4

biographical info, 3, 4, 6, 206–7, 214
n
, 260
n

and Boniface, 60, 236
n

current opinion of, 214
n

and death of Benedict XI, 168–69, 181, 194–95

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