Based on extensive study of the primary and secondary sources, Damian J. Smith here provides the first full account of the combined influence of crusade, heresy and inquisition in and about the lands of the Crown of Aragon until the death of James I the Conqueror in 1276. This work deals with the gradual loss of influence of the Crown in Provence and Languedoc culminating in the treaty of Corbeil in 1258. It then investigates the extent of heresy in the lands of the Crown and in other areas of Christian Spain. In the final part, the origins and development of the Aragonese inquisition are discussed in detail with a particular emphasis on the role of Ramon de Penyafort.
Damian J. Smith, PH.D (1997) in History, University of Birmingham, is Associate Professor of Medieval History at Saint Louis University and has published extensively on Aragon, the papacy and crusades, including Innocent III and the Crown of Aragon (Ashgate, 2004).
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Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The Defeat of the Crown of Aragon
2. Wars, North and South (1213-76)
3. Heretics in the Lands of the Crown and Beyond
4. Waldensians and the Catholic Poor
5. Inquisitions in the Crown of Aragon
Conclusion
Maps
Bibliography
Index
All those interested in the history of the Crown of Aragon, Spain, heresy, the thirteenth century papacy, the inquisition and the crusades, as well as canon lawyers and military historians.