CHAPTER XXI.

THE REFORMATION OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY.

Wide-spread heresy 228

Its chief seat in the South of France 229

The Albigeois and Vaudois 230

The Noble Lesson 232

Doctrines of the Albigenses 232

Great teachers amongst them 235

Noble converts to their sect 235

Raimon VI. of Toulouse 236

Pope Innocent III. his antagonist 236

The first crusade 239

Victory of the Church 239