Hi Giselle Don't know how Andrea feels about Cathares but if there isn't a Forum, I'd be happy to set one up - was talking to people today about Rennes-Chateau and the like and it's a big thing down this end of France. The problem is tying the Crusade/Inquisition into French history, especially from a genealogical viewpoint. If people think that reading copies or even better, the originals in middle French is difficult, reading the Inquisition material in the original is even more difficult - still lots of transcriptions about now so they would help. And of course the Cathares were NOT the forerunners of Protestantisme or the Eglise Reformee - their beliefs were so dissimilar to those of the Protestantes as to make them almost a religion/culte on their own which is of course, why the Catholic north of the country and Papal interests attacked them. As for a Latin dictionary, if you look on one of the book seller sites - Amazon or the like, should get one there. If not try an Italian dictionary, can often help. Regards Tony Fuller

Cathares were of course not protestants, but they were heretics as the early protestants were. Also they were living in the same areas as some of the later protestants. Perhaps there were some similarities in peoples minds, who made them easier thinking in a "peasant way" and not "roman catholic way". It is a very interesting subject. Are we given permission to continue on that? Friendly greetings Hanne Thorup Koudal Denmark