Hungry Heretics and Hoarding Homosexuals: The Siege of Montségur

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What do medieval frat boys, Nicholas Cage, and Iron Maiden have in common? They're all part of one of the most popular (and far-fetched) medieval conspiracy theories. Tune in as we talk about Cathars, Templars, and the siege of Montségur.

​Podcaster: Nathan

Further Reading

Baigent, Michael, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln.  Holy Blood, Holy Grail.  Dell, 1983.

Pegg, Mark.  The Corruption of Angels: The Great Inquisition of 1245-46.  Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2005. and A Most Holy War: The Albigensian Crusade and the Battle for Christendom.  Oxford University Press, 2009.

Riley-Smith, Jonathan.  "Were the Templars Guilty?" In The Medieval Crusade. Ed. Susan Ridyard.  Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2004.  pp. 107-124. 

Sumption, Jonathan.  The Albigensian Crusade.  Faber & Faber, 2000.  ​

Music: "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com); "Montségur" from Dance of Death by Iron Maiden (EMI, 2003)