Laurence Marvin, professor of history at Berry University, joins me to discuss the Albigensian Crusade. Who were the Cathars? What was the purpose of the Crusade? What did the French Kings stand to gain? We talk about the slaughter (and famous quote) of Beziers and what happens to Raymond Roger Truncaval.You can click here to purchase Laurence’s bookYou can click here to subscribe to my substack, which is the hub for the Just Feudal Things podcast and for the entire Memory Medieval project

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The previous episode was about Myths, Misconceptions, and Modern Scholarship on the First Crusade. The next episode will discuss Harold Godwinson. I am going to introduce a new benefit for paid substack subscribers, allowing you to ask questions that I will ask the guests on podcast episodes. So if you’d like to participate a bit in the conversation, that’s a little bonus for you. And thank you to everyone who is supporting my work, even those of you who simply like or share the content. Thank you!

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