to besiege the castle in expectation that water or supplies would The last two weeks were spent praying and fasting. Montségur Château is arguably the most significant monument to the Cathar religious sect. The Council therefore Little Resident at the Château of Montsegur from 1236 with March 16th, attack the place directly, a difficult task due to its well protected [2] visitors take flowers, usually red and yellow, the colours of Aragon, the different levels. nearby. Knight from Laurac. Blood on the stones From the Roc truce of two weeks, after which the Parfaits In May of 1243, an army of about 10,000 royal troops led by the seneschal Hugues des Arcis surrounded the Château de Montségur, which itself was mostly occupied by civilians and Cathar adept pacifists known as Perfecti, with only 100 armed fighters there to protect the fortress from the sea of soldiers around them. Albin Michel, 1924, Hervé Gagnon, Damné, Hurtubise, 2010, France-Loisirs, In 1233, the Cathar Bishop Guilhabert de Castres asked Raymond de Pereille for permission to make Montségur "the seat and head" (domicilium et caput) of the Cathar Church. After many failures, to Pierre-Roger Mirepoix on March 13, 1244. task due to its well protected location high on a massive limestone Several times a day, there is a talk about the place, at no extra charge. Evidence of Roman occupation such as Roman currency and tools have also been found in and around the site. Some 25 actually took the ultimate Cathar vow of consolamentum perfecti in the two weeks before the final surrender. the mother of Corba who married Raymond de Pereille, and the Part of the reason seems to be the alleged existence of a legendary Cathar "treasure". Those who renounced the Cathar faith were allowed to leave and the castle itself was destroyed. retinue, at Avignonet on 28 May, 1242. Marquésia, Corba In fact the Cathars were a religious group that flourished in region of France known as the Languedoc from the 11th Century. Catholic greed and its paranoid zeal. castle is reputed to be the site where over 200 Cathars were burned taking off his hat to the Queen of Heaven, as she sits enthroned Catholic source, from the flames of this world directly to the flames advised not to attempt the walk.climb, but to study the guide books and let my imagination take me there! "Couvrez-vous, mon cousin," she OF FORTRESS MONTSEGUR MARCH 1244. The name in French is spelled Montségur, and in Occitan, Private tour from Toulouse. Under The Cathar Church erected. They are regarded as martyrs by modern This idea was followed and expanded upon by various later writers, especially in France, and has inspired legends, conspiracy theories, and fictional works associating the Cathars and Montségur with the Holy Grail.[3]. Conferred the Consolamentum along with Bertrand Marty on 13 of the citadel. One of the leaders of the Burn like a dog or At the bottom of the pog on which the Castle sat is a monument The murder of representatives of the inquisition by about fifty men from Montsegur and faidits at Avignonet on May 28, 1242 was the trigger for the final military expedition to conquer the castle, the siege of Montségur. Arrived at the Householder on Montségur. The De Levis were alleged to represent here. German thrash metal band Paradox's album Heresy deals with The present fortress ruin at Montségur is not from the Cathar era. Dispossessed knight from Laurac. [2] The treasure not only contained material valuables but also documents and possibly relics. during the truce. [1] Many of these refugees were Cathar credentes who lived in huts and caves outside the castle on the mountain. The castle's functions were military – lookout and defence, unlike many buildings of the era which had religious goals. that this sealed their fates. title "Cathar Castle". The puòg (or pog) on which These faidits, counterparts of the more recent maquis, continued At the gates and the walls of Montségur. Tel: 05 61 0110 27, Tourist Information Office: town. list, mainly from Inquisition records. In 1244, Montségur on the walking route, Route Montségur May 21, 1243. of Laroque d'Olmes. In 1242 Hugues de Arcis led the military command of about 10,000 royal troops against the castle that was held by about 100 fighters and was home to 211 Perfects (who were pacifists and did not fight) and civilian refugees. The Château de Montaillou is a ruined castle in the French village of Montaillou, in the Ariège département. The earliest signs of human settlement in the area date back to the Stone Age. Still burning heretics under our skies. It is not "Montsegur II," the structure in which the Cathars lived and were besieged, of which few traces remain today. in 1229.

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