History of Christianity Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== Albigensian Crusade (1209β1229) ==== {{Main|Albigensian Crusade}} [[Pope Innocent III]] and the king of France, [[Philip II of France|Philip Augustus]], joined in 1209 in a military campaign that was promulgated as necessary for eliminating the Albigensian heresy also known as [[Catharism]].{{sfn|Marvin|2008|pp=3, 4}}{{sfn|Kienzle|2001|pp=46, 47}} Once begun, the campaign quickly took a political turn.{{sfn|Rummel|2006|p=50}} The king's army seized and occupied strategic lands of nobles who had not supported the heretics, but had been in the good graces of the Church. Throughout the campaign, Innocent vacillated, sometimes taking the side favoring crusade, then siding against it and calling for its end.{{sfn|Marvin|2008|pp=229,235β236}} It did not end until 1229. The campaign no longer had crusade status. The entire region was brought under the rule of the French king, thereby creating southern France. Catharism continued for another hundred years (until 1350).{{sfn|Marvin|2008|p=216}}{{sfn|Dunbabin|2003|pp=178β179}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page