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The Siege of Toulouse in 1217-18, according to The Chronicle of William of Puylaurens
http://www.languedoc-france.info/121208_toulouse.htm
anotated English translation The Siege of Toulouse in 1217-18, according to The Chronicle of William of Puylaurens
The Inquisition Record of Jacques Fournier
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty_and_staff/course_detail.jsp?id=4268
English translations by Nancy Stork of Inquisition records of the Bishop of Pamiers 1318-1325, including examinations of suspected Cathars.
The Cathar Ceremony of the Consolamentum
http://www.languedoc-france.info/121204_lyons_consolamentum.htm
English translation of the Cosolamentum, the Cathar rite by which a "believer" became a member of the "Elect". Text taken from the Lyons Ritual and translated by Nancy Stork.
The Cathar Ceremony of the Apparelhamentum
http://www.languedoc-france.info/121204_lyons_apparelhamentum.htm
English translation of the Cathar Rite of the Apparelhamentum (General Confession) from the Lyons Ritual.
On the Accusations against the Albigensians
http://www.languedoc-france.info/121202_raynaldus.htm
An account from an early thirteenth century Latin chronicle by the Cistercian monk Raynaldus writing against the Albigensians, or Cathars. English translation by Nancy Stork.
Fourth Lateran Council, 1215: Canon 3 on Heresy
http://www.languedoc-france.info/121201_4lateran1215.htm
Anotated English translation of Canon 3 of the Fourth Lateran Council, 1215, on heresy, including the Cathar heresy.
Caesarius of Heisterbach on Medieval Heresies
http://www.languedoc-france.info/121211_heisterbach.htm
Annotated English translation of Caesarius of Heisterbach: Medieval Heresies (Dialogue on Miracles V: 20-22) including the words allegedly spoken by Arnaud Amoury: "Kill them all for the Lord knoweth them that are His"
Anna Comnena on The Bogomils
http://www.languedoc-france.info/121212_comnena.htm
English translation of Anna Comnena's account of the Bogomils, from the Alexiad, c. 1110
An English translation of Bernard Gui, Inquisitors Manual, on the Cathars
http://www.languedoc-france.info/121207_guicathars.htm
Anotated English translation of An Extract from Bernard Gui's fourteenth century Inquisitorial Technique, on the Albigensians (Cathars)
An English Translation of an Extract from the Chronicle of Ralph, Abbot of Coggershall
http://www.languedoc-france.info/121206_coggershall.htm
Anotated English translation of the abbot's account of the discovery of Cathars in Rheims in the twelfth century.
A Cathar Gospel
http://www.languedoc-france.info/121203_john.htm
Annotated English translation of the Book of John the Evangelist, a Bogomil document used by medieval Italian Cathars and seized by the Inquisition.