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Cathar
Surviving texts from the Cathar tradition, the dualist Christian movement of medieval southern France.
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Texts
Book of the Two PrinciplesThe largest surviving work of Cathar theology — a systematic defence of absolute dualism suppressed for six hundred years until its first publication in 1939.GlossaryA shelf-specific glossary starter for the Cathar shelf.Inquisitorial SourcesRecords preserved by medieval Inquisitors documenting Cathar theology, rituals, and organisation — the voice of a suppressed tradition refracted through its destroyers.Interrogatio JohannisA sacred Cathar scripture preserving dualist cosmogony in the Johannine tradition, brought from Bulgaria to Italy around 1190.Introduction to the CatharsA source-critical introduction to the Cathars — the dualist Christians of medieval Languedoc, the crusade that destroyed them, the inquisition that hunted their survivors, and the modern scholarly war over whether they ever existed at all.Reader's Guide to CatharA reader guide to the Cathar shelf in the Good Works Library.
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