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Albigensian heresy, c1190-1220. Artist: Unknown

Albigensian heresy, c1190-1220. St Dominic gives a book of profession of the true Christian faith to an Albigensian envoy. Thrown into a fire, the book is not consumed by flames, while the book of the heretics is. The Albigensians, or Cathars, were a Christian sect that first appeared in southern France in the 1020s. Regarded as heretics by the established Church, they were subjected to persecution, culminating in the Albigensian Crusade of 1209-1229, which brutally suppressed the Albigensians. Engraving after predella of the Coronation of the Virgin by Fra Angelico.

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Title: Albigensian heresy, c1190-1220. Artist: Unknown

Caption: Albigensian heresy, c1190-1220. St Dominic gives a book of profession of the true Christian faith to an Albigensian envoy. Thrown into a fire, the book is not consumed by flames, while the book of the heretics is. The Albigensians, or Cathars, were a Christian sect that first appeared in southern France in the 1020s. Regarded as heretics by the established Church, they were subjected to persecution, culminating in the Albigensian Crusade of 1209-1229, which brutally suppressed the Albigensians. Engraving after predella of the Coronation of the Virgin by Fra Angelico.

Personalities: ST DOMINIC

Technique/material: engraving

Credit: Album / Heritage Images / Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

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Image size: 3795 × 2763 px | 30.0 MB

Print size: 32.1 × 23.4 cm | 1494.1 × 1087.8 in (300 dpi)

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