Laurent Macé
Université Toulouse II Jean Jaurès, Histoire, Arts et Archéologie, Department Member
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“Help of God and of St. Vincent’’. Piety and devotion to relics by the Montforts. Simon de Montfort is well known to historians as a brave warrior and leader of the Crusade against the Albigensians. But the spirituality of this knight of... more
“Help of God and of St. Vincent’’. Piety and devotion to relics by the Montforts. Simon de Montfort is well known to historians as a brave warrior and leader of the Crusade against the Albigensians. But the spirituality of this knight of Christ, who was aware of conducting a holy war, merits attention as much as his deeds involving arms. Devotion to relics is most assuredly integral to the enterprise of conquest and domination, but also witnesses to an ardent piety, fashioned by the family environment of Simon de Montfort, and shared by all those close to him. This piety is underpinned by the idea of martyrdom, in the image of the saint venerated above all by Simon and his followers, St. Vincent of Saragossa, whose relics attracted numerous pilgrims at Castres, the centre of the southern lordship of Montfort. Despite the hostility which generally surrounds the leader of the crusade in the south of France, his memory is honoured in many southern French towns, Albi, Cadouin, Carcassonne, Castres...
Montfort, reliques, saint Vincent, Castres, croisade contre les Albigeois
Sigillographie, vexillologie, héraldique, pouvoirs, Occitanie
Sigillographie, sceaux et bulles, comtes de Toulouse (XIIe-XIIIe s.)
Croisade contre les Albigeois ; comtes de Toulouse, Foix et Comminges (XIIIe s.)
Bulles de plomb, Provence, sigillographie
Sigillographie, matrice, Provence
Heraldry, troubadours, history of South West France
Research Interests: History, Art, Urban Studies, Urbanisation, Toulouse, and 5 moreHis, Territoire, Histoire culturelle, Métropole, and Agneau pascal
Pour citer cet article Laurent Macé, « La marque d'un rêve. Le sceau produit par l'unique maître de la milice de la Foi de Jésus-Christ (1221) », Revue française d'héraldique et de sigillographie-Études en ligne, 2020-8, juin 2020, 7 p.
Pour citer cet article Laurent MACÉ, « Des pals et un château. Le premier grand sceau des comtes de Foix (troisième quart du XIIe siècle) », Revue française d'héraldique et de sigillographie-Études en ligne, 2020-12, novembre 2020, 18 p.