The Song of the Cathar Wars by William of Tudela

Unlike A Normal Kingship, Within Which, If Such A Thing Happened It Would Be Deemed Tyrannical, This Instead Since Through The Church, Was Godly, And Under God And Therefore Just And Right And So Justified By The Church. It Is The Idea Of The “Bearing Of The Cross”, Also Known As, Living Unto The Church’s Rule. This Facilitated The Call Of His Council And Thus The Beginning Of The Crusade. The Pope Called For The Military Campaign After The Murder Of One Of His Legates, Peter Of Castelenau. Cleanse The Troops From Their Sins In The Name Of Christ, And In My Name Preach O Them And Exhort Them To Drive The Heretics Out From Amongst The Virtuous”… An Example Of This Is The Recording Of The Pope’s Instructions Within The Poem, “ Go To Carcassonne, Brother, And To Great Toulouse On The Garonne And Lead The Armies Against The Ungodly. According To The Poem, The Heretics Are Repeatedly Referred To As Fools, And Because Of This The Church Was Able To Explain The Crusade By Saying That If This Belief Is Not Cleansed, It Will Spread And Thus Infect The Righteous. The Strategies That The Church Applied In The War Against The Cathars, Was The Idea That The Cathar Beliefs Were Akin To A Plague. The Opposition Then Was Count Raymond On The Albigensian Side. The Main Players Being: Simon De Montefort, The Appointed Leader Of The Crusade, The Future King Louis VIII And French Nobles, Who Constituted The Majority Of The Crusading Force. Soon Afterward Peter Was Murdered By One Of Raymond’s Retainers And Thus Incited A New Level Of The Crusade Against The Cathar Heresy By Innocent III. Peter Of Castelenau, The Papal Legate For The Area, Excommunicated Count Raymond VI Of Toulouse For Being In Collaboration With The Albigensians. The Poem Begins With The Inciting Of The Crusade. The Poem Tells, Of The Way In Which The Heretics Refused To Repent And Thus Had To Die. Despite It Being A Poem Intended To Be Read As A Performance, The Document Has Been Approved As Being Accurate. The Poem Is Begun By William Of Tudela And Then Finished Anonymously. William Of Tudela’s “Song Of The Cathar Wars” Is A Poetic Account Of The Crusades Against Heresy Between 12.

The Song of the Cathar Wars by William of Tudela