part 32, The Cathar Castles of France, who is the real heretic, the Albigensian Crusade TrueHistory,
Is heretic the one that burns at the stake or the one who lights up the fire?
The Cathars of
France, Catharism,
Pop Bogomil, who are the real heretics, the
Albigensian Crusade's true face, Bogomilism
Languedoc-Roussillon, château cathare
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French History documentary, Languedoc-Roussillon
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"The Cathars did not believe
Jesus died on the cross, the cross is called 'la croix Occitane' later miscalled la croix Cathare. They respected nature and all living things, held their ceremonies in grottoes & open spaces and didn't believe in material posessions. They felt that each 'age' had its interests and after they had brought up their families, they gave their possessions away , wore a robe, took a walking stick and devoted the rest oh their lives in the service to others. They were called 'les bons hommes et les bonnes femmes'.
Meanwhile, the catholic religion was gaining power through murder, greed and building churches decorated with gargoyles and demons and the clergy was dressed in fine materials and jewelry.
Occitanie is the southern part of France called "the granary of France" had a strong Cathar culture. Since the women had equal power,
Eleanor ( Aliénor )of
Aquitaine ( 1122- 1203) ( a very athletic beautiful venetian blond with green eyes who traveled through her territories on horseback dressed as a man) became
Duchess at 14 after her father was susceptibly murdered and was immediately wed to the king of France's son,
Louis Vll. It is through her that we get the 'Chevalerie' which promotes such ideology of 'the strong protecting the weak', the 'gesting' games and social promotion through good deeds rather than money and power. The '
Courts of Love' and the Troubadours elevated love to a spiritual level and promoted 'chaste love'. The ladies who had the blood of the 'survivors', were literally stolen to marry and make children to legitimize the bloodlines. All this is the foundation of our western romantic culture, which has been distorted through the centuries. Alienor was the most powerful protecter of the Cathar culture at the time and 6 years after her death, the only crusade ever on french soil called by the pope and the king was to crush them, steal their lands and erase their culture."