Hi Giselle Many of the Perfects were indeed killed or imprisoned but the legends about them (and the similarly reported extermination of the Templars/ Templars leadership) seem now to be discredited with many of those that escaped - and they certainly did - fading back into the countryside. The Huguenot link is that many of the Cathares lived in the area that was later populated by the Huguenot Cammisards - no suggestion of familial links at this time - but it seems that Cathare and Cammisard tactics to enable them to worship were very similar. Regards Tony Fuller Who has started to buy the French magazines on Cathare history now ...........