Travels through history.Julian Worker.
France
- [Luton, Bedfordshire] : AG Books, (c)2016.
- 1 online resource : color illustrations
- Travels through history .
"From Romans to Cathars."--Cover.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Background; Travels Through History; Timeline of the Albigensian Crusade; Avignon; Nimes; Orange; Arles; Causse de Larzac -- Templars and Cheese; Pont-du-Gard; Provence (Gordes, Roussillon, St Remy, Le Baux); Pezenas; St Guilhem Le Desert and Cirque de Navecelles; Narbonne; Carcassonne; Toulouse; Rennes-le-Chateau; Montsegur; Three Sons of Carcassonne -- Queribus, Peyrepertuse, and Puilaurens; Mirepoix; Fanjeaux; Limoux and Alet-les-Bains; Foix; Lastours; Niaux; Perpignan; Collioure; Salses-le-Chateau; Villefranche-de-Conflent; Back Matter.
The south-eastern part of France has an abundance of historical interest. From the Roman theatres of Arles and Orange to the Cathar castles in the foothills of The Pyrenees there is much to see and remember. There are mysteries too. Why would the Roman Catholic Church create a crusade against the Cathar 'heretics' when these people were following such a devout life? How did the Romans build the Pont du Gard so quickly as part of a 40-mile water channel to provide water to Nimes? What did Bérenger Saunière discover in Rennes-le-Chateau that made him so wealthy? Added to the history and the myst.