Montaillou Author: Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie

Product Details: ISBN: 9780140137002 Format: Paperback Pages: 400 Dims: 129 x 129 Pub Date: 30-08-90 Pub Country: United Kingdom Condition: NEW

Description: The village of Montaillou was the last stronghold of the cult of Catharism in medieval France. Under the Inquisition of Bishop Fournier, members of this sect were persecuted and some burnt at the stake, and the interrogations about the way they lived were chronicled in a Register. From this document Ladurie has reconstructed an intriguing account of everyday peasant life in a medieval village. "Montaillou" gives us a glimpse into how people really lived 700 years ago: from their homes and the food they ate, to their body language and attitudes to sex.

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