SC - Languedoc/Cathar

[Susan Fox-Davis]

Fascinatingly enough, there's a <www.cathar.net>

Bethany Public Library wrote:

> Hallo all.
>
> I've recently become fascinated with the Cathar story, and am wondering if
> anyone has any clue where to look for a resource on their food. It must have
> been a fascinating food culture since the Cathars came from Asia Minor to
> France by way of Germany and Italy, and then were tossed out in the early
> 13th century to settle near present day Bosnia. They were purportedly
> vegetarian, with heavy ties to the Mohammedans and other faiths, leading me
> to believe their food culture must have been a terrific culling of all the
> many cultures they had contact with--Languedoc was a trouble spot since the
> area stoutly refused to fall in with the feudal hierarchy of France. Thus
> the Cathars and their local friends were targeted for the fate of heretics
> begining around 1209. And yet as late as 1204 they were instrumental in the
> crusades (4th? 5th?) and the assault of Constantinople, indicating that they
> were mainstream and accepted up to and during those battles.
>
> I've ordered some tertiary sources from Amazon, of course, but they aren't
> here yet and  I was hoping someone else had done some research in this area.
> Anyone?
>
> Aoife