26-09-2019, 08:17 PM
(This post was last modified: 26-09-2019, 08:18 PM by davidjackson.)
The Cathar "heresy" certainly appears in popular tradition until the early to mid 15th century when it finally disappears, crushed under the weight of the Catholic church.
A similar tradition continues through the Bogomil Balkanic sect, which was quite popular until it was eradicated by the Ottoman conquest of the Balkans in the mid 15th century.
The debate really is whether the Italians continued with Cathari, or whether we are seeing echoes in the Inquisitorial records of Bogomilic influences carried over the waters.
Of course, given the Cathar aversion towards copulation in any form, it is unlikely that the VM is a product of this tradition.
A similar tradition continues through the Bogomil Balkanic sect, which was quite popular until it was eradicated by the Ottoman conquest of the Balkans in the mid 15th century.
The debate really is whether the Italians continued with Cathari, or whether we are seeing echoes in the Inquisitorial records of Bogomilic influences carried over the waters.
Of course, given the Cathar aversion towards copulation in any form, it is unlikely that the VM is a product of this tradition.