The Yellow Cross: The Story of the Last Cathars' Rebellion Against the Inquisition, 1290-1329 - Softcover

Weis, Rene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0375704418 ISBN 13: 9780375704413

Publisher: Vintage, 2002

Synopsis

The Yellow Cross Remarkable for both its details about life in a medieval village and the tragic story it recounts, "The Yellow Cross" is an achievement of scholarship and historical narrative. The author re-creates the Cathars' final struggle and offers a moving portrait of a people and their day-to-day lives. Full description

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Review:

"There can be fewer better guides than this beautiful book, which lets an almost forgotten people, even through the filter of time and the Inquisition, speak for themselves." --The Washington Post Book World

"In a feat of inspired scholarship, Weis transports us back to that world, conveying all of the high drama of ecclesiastical interrogations, covert ceremonies, and fiery martyrdom. . . . A book that will long haunt its readers."--Booklist

"This book reanimates the real world of the Cathars of seven hundred years ago in a way that is fresh, utterly modern, and pulsates with life."-Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, author of Montaillou

"It succeeds enthrallingly . . . a moving evocation of an almost inconceivable faith."--The Times (London)

About the Author:

René Weis is Professor of English Literature at University College London. He is the author of numerous scholarly publications and of Criminal Justice: The True Story of Edith Thompson, published to critical acclaim in Britain in 1988.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0375704418
• ISBN 13: 9780375704413
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464