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Albigensian Crusade

1209 CE – 1229 CE

Crusade launched against Cathar strongholds in Languedoc that devastated southern France and brought the region under much tighter Capetian control.

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13th-century crusade against Catharism in southern France

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Conflict · Europe

Albigensian Crusade

1209 CE – 1229 CE

Crusade launched against Cathar strongholds in Languedoc that devastated southern France and brought the region under much tighter Capetian control.

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