The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . ^ and the count were now excommunicated—it was not thefirst time—for their persecution of the Churchs servants. It was the sheephiting the wolf again. PEDRO OF ARAGON. This siege was Mont forts only failure. Sometimes with large forces, some-times with small, he steadily increased his dominions, and his enemies dared notmeet him in the field. It was a desultory but most destructive war, aggravated?on his side by all the horrors which bigotry could suggest. Raymond in vaina
The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . ^ and the count were now excommunicated—it was not thefirst time—for their persecution of the Churchs servants. It was the sheephiting the wolf again. PEDRO OF ARAGON. This siege was Mont forts only failure. Sometimes with large forces, some-times with small, he steadily increased his dominions, and his enemies dared notmeet him in the field. It was a desultory but most destructive war, aggravated?on his side by all the horrors which bigotry could suggest. Raymond in vainasked to be tried for his alleged offenses, and his wifes brother, Pedro II. of Aragon,who had a claim on some of his possessions, took up his cause. After fruitlessnegotiations at Rome and in Provence, this king, already called the Catholic,and a vehement supporter of the Church, entered the field against the Churchs. TOULOUSE. armies, and with a thousand cavaliers aided Raymonds troops in the siege ofMuret, near Toulouse. He was an accomplished prince, a poet, and a mirror ofchivalry, renowned alike for his magnificence, his prowess, and his Montfort started in haste to relieve his garrison, a priest asked him if he 218 THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. did not fear to meet so famous a soldier on such unequal terms. He showed which his scouts had taken from the messenger who bore it. In itPedro declared to a lady of Toulouse that he was coming to drive the Frenchfrom her country for love of her. Fear him! cried the crusading general,who cared for no woman but his wife, and was as far from sensuality as theCathari: fear him who comes for a womans sake to undo the work of God ?May God help me as much as I despise him ! On September 13th, 1413, Montfort, having entered Muret from the rear,came forth with about a thousand horsemen to attack twice that number, notcounting the num
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