‘Looking for the ‘good men’ in Languedoc’: an alternative to Cathars?'

Taylor, Claire

Abstract

This article argues that the title 'Good Men and Women' sometimes attributed to 'heretics' in southern France in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries is no less accurate or uncontroversial than the label 'Cathar'. This is because it is too widely applied to high-ranking people to be indicative of anything but elite status, and in any case is not used as often in the sources for heresy as historians sometimes assume.

Citation

Taylor, C. (2016). ‘Looking for the ‘good men’ in Languedoc’: an alternative to Cathars?'. In A. Sennis (Ed.), Cathars in Question, 242-257. Boydell & Brewer

• Acceptance Date: Dec 17, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Mar 1, 2017
• Publication Date: Aug 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: Sep 12, 2017
• Pages: 242-257
• Series Title: Heresy and Inquisition in the Middle Ages
• Book Title: Cathars in Question
• Chapter Number: 12
• ISBN: 9781903153680
• Keywords: Heresy Cathars Good Men
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1114430