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The '''Albigensian Crusade''' ([[1209]]-[[1229]]) was part of the [[Roman Catholic]] Church's savage efforts to crush the [[Cathars]].

The Cathars were especially numerous in southern France, in the region of [[Languedoc]],. theyThey were termed Albigensians because of the movements presence in and around the city of [[Albi]]. Political control in Languedoc was split amongst many local lords and town councils, the area was relatively lightly oppressed and reasonably advanced.

The crusading efforts can be divided into a number of periods, the first from 1209 to 1215 was a series of great success for the crusaders in Languedoc. The captured lands however were largely lost between 1215 and 1225 in a series of revolts and reverses. The situation turned again following the intervention of the French king, [[Louis VIII of France|Louis VIII]] in 1226, he died in November but the efforts continued under [[Louis IX of France|Louis IX]], the area was reconquered by 1229 and main protagonists made peace. From [[1233]] the efforts of the [[Inquisition]] to crush Catharism were key, there was resistance and revolts with the military action finally ending in [[1255]] but the Cathar efforts were clearly doomed.