The Cathars: Their Mysteries and History Revealed AUTH-12521678 With rigor and wit

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The Cathars: Their Mysteries and History Revealed AUTH-12521678 With rigor and witCatharism was the most successful heresy of the Middle Ages. Believing themselves to be the true heirs to the true Christian heritage, the Cathars completely rejected the Catholic Church, and held their services in barns, fields, and people's homes. As practitioners of vegetarianism, nonviolence and tolerance and through their liberal attitude towards women, the Cathars gained support from the French nobility and were popular with the peasants and