In the 13th century, thousands in France were investigated, massacred, or even burned at the stake by the Catholic Church. THE TWO CHURCHESCathars (left) perform the consolamentum (Cathar baptism) ...

Who were the Cathars, and what was daily life like for them? In this video, we explore the beliefs and lifestyle of this medieval Christian sect that challenged the power of the Catholic Church. The ...

Reporting from Montpellier, France — They lived simple lives of austerity and abstinence and suffered horrifying deaths, cut down by marauding armies and burned at the stake as heretics — or so the ...

Washington author Sophy Burnham’s novel is set in France during the Catholic Inquisition of the 1200s, a time of terror and genocide in which neighbors and friends ...

The Cathar heretics of Languedoc in France, and their terrible fate, have fascinated people for centuries. The Cathars were dissident, pacifist Christians who believed that an evil deity had created ...

Rachael Kohn: They were the most feared of mediaeval Christian sects: they were the Cathars. Hello, and welcome to The Ark, I'm Rachael Kohn. Their territory stretched from Italy to France and the ...

The cultural legacy of an ancient religious sect that was almost wiped out in the Inquisition is everywhere to be seen in the… The cultural legacy of an ancient religious sect that was almost wiped ...

Who knows how many religions, cults, sects, sub-rosa-meeting secret societies, and schools of thought were forgotten or wiped out throughout history? One intriguing example are the Cathars. Barely ...