Chronology of the crusade
- 1167: cathare council of Saint-Felix-of-Caraman (today Holy
Felix Lauragais): creation of the four cathare bishops (Albi,
Agen, Carcassonne and Toulouse).
- 1208: murder of the papal legate Pierre de Castelnau close
- 1209: beginning of the crusade
- sack of béziers
- The city Carcassonne: death of the viscount of Trencavel
- first cathares to be burnt at the stake in Castres
- 1210: Mutilation of the people living in Bram, falls of
Minerve (stake of 140 cathares), Termes and Puivert.
- 1211: In march Cabaret was taken (Lastours) in Mars. Siege
of Lavaur, Cassés. Failure of the first siege of Toulouse.
Battle of Castelnaudary.
- 1212: Conquest of Bas-Quercy, Argennais and the
- 1213: Battle of Muret.
- 1215: 4th council of Latran : the count of Toulouse host
his rights to the advantage of Simon de Montfort.
- 1216: Death of the pope Innocent III replaced by Honorius
- 1217: Return of Raymond VI in Toulouse: the second siege
- 1218: Death of Simon de Montfort under the walls of
- 1222: Raymond VII became count of Toulouse after the death
of Raymond VI.
- 1223: Death of Philippe Auguste. Louis VIII took the
- 1226: 5th cathare bishop: Razès. This was the
beginning of the crusade of Louis VIII who will die the same year
(Blanche de Castille will be regent).
- 1227: Cathare became clandestine ("underground") : a
council of Toulouse codified the repression of the heresy.
- 1233: Beginning of the Inquisition, ordered by the pope
- 1240: Peyrepertuse was taken.
- 1242: Murder of 2 inquisitors in Avignonet.
- 1243: Beginning of the siege of Montségur.
- 1244: Montségur was taken. Stake. This is the
theoretical end of the catharism (Guillaume Bélibaste is
the last perfect and he will be burnt in 1321 in
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