page_title: List of book-burning incidents
section_title: Destruction of Cathar texts (Languedoc region of France)
hierarchical_section_title: List of book-burning incidents / Middle Ages / Destruction of Cathar texts (Languedoc region of France)
caption_attribution_description: Español: Santo Domingo de Guzmán y los albigenses (detalle) English: This portrays the story of a dispute between Saint Dominic and the Cathars in which the books of both were thrown in a fire and St. Dominic's books were miraculously preserved from the flames. This was believed to symbolize the wrongness of the Cathars teachings.
context_page_description: Notable book burnings have taken place throughout history.
context_section_description: During the 13th century, the Catholic Church waged a brutal campaign against the Cathars of Languedoc (smaller numbers also lived elsewhere in Europe), culminating in the Albigensian Crusade. Nearly every Cathar text that could be found was destroyed, in an effort to completely extirpate their heretical beliefs; only a few are known to have survived. Historians researching the Cathar religious principles are forced to largely rely on information provided by the manifestly hostile writings of their sworn opponents.
caption: Detail of a Pedro Berruguete painting of a disputation between Saint Dominic of Guzman and the Albigensians (Cathars) in which the books of both were thrown on a fire, with St. Dominic's books miraculously preserved from the flames. See the whole picture.
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