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| Dedicatory Letter | [iii] | ||
| Preface by Mr. Hilaire Belloc | [v] | ||
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| Chapter | I. | —The Mediæval Recovery of Civilization | [1] |
| ” | II. | —Languedoc and the Albigenses | [28] |
| ” | III. | —The Preliminaries of the Crusade | [70] |
| ” | IV. | —The Albigensian Crusade—The Early War | [106] |
| ” | V. | —The Albigensian Crusade—Muret and its Sequel | [145] |
| ” | VI. | —The Mendicant Orders and the Inquisition | [191] |
| ” | VII. | —Epilogue on Prohibition | [220] |
| Bibliography | [253] | ||
| Two Maps in Pocket at End of Book. | ||
| (1) Languedoc and Adjacent Lands in 1209. | ||
| (2) (a) Town of Muret, 1213; (b) Battle of Muret, September 11, | ||
| 1213, 1st phase; (c) Battle of Muret, 2nd phase; (d) Battle | ||
| of Muret, 3rd phase; and (e) Approximate Restoration of | ||
| Toulouse in 1217-1218 to illustrate its siege by De Montfort. | ||
DEDICATORY LETTER.
To R. C. N.
My dear—
This book is rightfully yours for your unfailing help and encouragement. In dedicating it I do but make a payment on account.
It was begun during a term in the New York State Legislature, when I endured Prohibition lobbyists, and cast about for something which might serve as a historical precedent in the way of religio-political oppression on so vast a scale. I was not long before discovering that traditional Christianity had more to say for the Inquisitors than for the Prohibitionists, so that the parallel with Prohibition has been thrust into an epilogue.