Montaillou

Montaillou stands on a high ridge in the Ariège Pyrenees of Occitania, a position that for centuries shaped the life of this small mountain community. The village is closely associated with early-14th-century Inquisition records compiled under Jacques Fournier, bishop of Pamiers, who later became Pope Benedict XII. Their unusually detailed depositions formed the basis of historian Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie’s influential book Montaillou, a study of daily life and religious conflict in a medieval village. The surrounding Pyrenean uplands still give the settlement a distinctly rural setting. See how Montaillou fits within Ariège and the wider Pyrenees by browsing webcams nearby.

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