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In August 1303, the people of the southern French town of Carcassonne rose up in revolt. Their rebellion against King and Inquisition saw the prison stormed, many of the town elite driven out and their houses sacked, and the inquisitors humiliated. For eighteen months, Carcassonne was a town where the French royal writ did not run.
Reconstructed from the contemporary accounts, the revolt emerges as an important incident in medieval class struggle. It was also the apogee of the fight by the people of Languedoc against the northern French invaders of the Albigensian crusade and the persecutions they brought with them.
Combining political analysis with original research, this book reveals the hidden story of a significant medieval rebellion and its importance for our understanding of oppression and resistance today.
Contents
List of illustrations and maps
About the author
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Individuals mentioned in the text
A note on money
Introduction
Chapter 1: The beginnings of the revolt
Chapter 2: 'But we have horns'
Chapter 3: Royal rule, repression and resistance in Languedoc
Chapter 4: Class and the revolt
Chapter 5: Revolutionary Carcassonne
Chapter 6: Aftermath
Afterword
Appendix: The nature of the evidence
Bibliography
Index
