Marc, Hmmm .. I have always wanted to be in attendance at a good rollicking auto de fete.. an ancestor was but he was the subject. Stretching from things Huguenot to Cathars may be the cause of an affect .. i.e. the wrath and fire starter kit from the Concierge being the affect :) I have taken note of the book suggested though. > Marc: Ah, but it does meet those requirements. In way perhaps we have yet to > plumb. The traveling methods, routes and techniques employed by the Genevan > exports into the Languedoc owe much to the "Cathar Network". Local knowledge > doesn't die, as they say -- it just becomes... stories. On a recent trip to > NZ, I read *The Yellow Cross: The Story of the Last Cathars' Rebellion > Against the Inquisition, 1290-1329* which I highly recommend.... Hmm now what does one wear to such a public display of firey inferno ? I do not know as my ancestors, who were Huguenot, did not record the clothing for such at the time. Kind Regards, Peter Leroy