Crusade against the Cathars (1209-1244). Entrance into Avignon of King Louis VIII of France (1187-1226) and the papal legate, Cardinal Romanus of Sant'Angelo, on 12 September 1226. The city had just capitulated after a three-month siege. Engraving after a miniature in "Chroniques de Hainaut", 1446-1448. "Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et à l'Epoque de la Renaissance". Paris, 1877.

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