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The heretical boat smugglers: analyzing the role of water in the Albigensian Crusade
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Water was always on the minds of medieval travelers and for crusaders it became a critical part of the military pilgrimage. It is considered as a source of life and a means of movement through rivers and seas but in the case of the Albigensian Crusade, water took on a new meaning. Battles along river fronts and the clandestine boat smuggling of heretics were actions by a heretical Cathar community that confronted orthodox religion. Yet, the symbolic consideration of water in a land-locked Occitania permanently and theologically shifted the location of where a crusade could be. The crusading goal of Jerusalem was moved away from the Levant and into southern France, but water also became a significant function of ordinary life during an extraordinary Crusade. Figurative literary devices in the limited and partisan source material emphasized how water was used to propel convicted heretics away in the night but also provide the only form of nourishment for Cathar elite. From the baptismal water to its symbolic representation as the bridge between orthodox Catholic expansion in the Holy Land and French heresy, water was continually referenced by primary sources yet has been overlooked as a major historical theme in Cathar history. The liminality of rivers in the Crusade, where they acted as the boundaries between forces but also as a crucial location for anonymity and secrecy, heightened the role of water in the lives of those involved with the Crusade.
The heretical boat smugglers: analyzing the role of water in the Albigensian Crusade
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6889-9057
Water was always on the minds of medieval travelers and for crusaders it became a critical part of the military pilgrimage. It is considered as a source of life and a means of movement through rivers and seas but in the case of the Albigensian Crusade, water took on a new meaning. Battles along river fronts and the clandestine boat smuggling of heretics were actions by a heretical Cathar community that confronted orthodox religion. Yet, the symbolic consideration of water in a land-locked Occitania permanently and theologically shifted the location of where a crusade could be. The crusading goal of Jerusalem was moved away from the Levant and into southern France, but water also became a significant function of ordinary life during an extraordinary Crusade. Figurative literary devices in the limited and partisan source material emphasized how water was used to propel convicted heretics away in the night but also provide the only form of nourishment for Cathar elite. From the baptismal water to its symbolic representation as the bridge between orthodox Catholic expansion in the Holy Land and French heresy, water was continually referenced by primary sources yet has been overlooked as a major historical theme in Cathar history. The liminality of rivers in the Crusade, where they acted as the boundaries between forces but also as a crucial location for anonymity and secrecy, heightened the role of water in the lives of those involved with the Crusade.
The heretical boat smugglers: analyzing the role of water in the Albigensian Crusade
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6889-9057
Water was always on the minds of medieval travelers and for crusaders it became a critical part of the military pilgrimage. It is considered as a source of life and a means of movement through rivers and seas but in the case of the Albigensian Crusade, water took on a new meaning. Battles along river fronts and the clandestine boat smuggling of heretics were actions by a heretical Cathar community that confronted orthodox religion. Yet, the symbolic consideration of water in a land-locked Occitania permanently and theologically shifted the location of where a crusade could be. The crusading goal of Jerusalem was moved away from the Levant and into southern France, but water also became a significant function of ordinary life during an extraordinary Crusade. Figurative literary devices in the limited and partisan source material emphasized how water was used to propel convicted heretics away in the night but also provide the only form of nourishment for Cathar elite. From the baptismal water to its symbolic representation as the bridge between orthodox Catholic expansion in the Holy Land and French heresy, water was continually referenced by primary sources yet has been overlooked as a major historical theme in Cathar history. The liminality of rivers in the Crusade, where they acted as the boundaries between forces but also as a crucial location for anonymity and secrecy, heightened the role of water in the lives of those involved with the Crusade.
The heretical boat smugglers: analyzing the role of water in the Albigensian Crusade
Water Hist
Wright, Jonathan (author)
Water History ; 14 ; 247-263
2022-08-01
17 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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