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The Chronicle of William of Puylaurens - The Albigensian Crusade and its Aftermath
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Introduction; the Chronicle.

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W.A. SIBLY is a former Domus Exhibitioner in Classics at Balliol College, Oxford; M.D. SIBLY is a Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. They have also translated Peter of Res Vaux de Cernay's History of the Albigensian Crusade (also published by Boydell & Brewer).

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This edition of the chronicle becomes a good route into the whole topic. This is an excellent, scholarly, and accessible translation, for which all of us interested in France, heresy, inquisition, or crusade should be very grateful.
*SPECULUM*

All readers will find their understanding deepened by [the translators'] comments.
*ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW*

[The editors] have achieved an accurate, careful yet fluent translation in an impressively scholarly edition, replete with copious notes on the translation, text, and historical background.... Provide[s] an excellent introduction not only to William of Puylaurens but also to the Albigensian crusade in general. [It] will also be particularly useful for the undergraduate reader and provide the only English translation of much of this material.
*H-FRANCE REVIEW*

[A] valuable work of scholarship. REVUE D'HISTOIRE ECCLESIASTIQUE [A] well-informed, readable, and high-quality English translation.
*MEDIUM AEVUM*

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