Laurence W. Marvin is assistant professor of history in the Evans School of Humanities and Social Sciences at
Berry College whose primary scholarly focus is the
Albigensian Crusade
The Albigensian Crusade or the Cathar Crusade (; 1209–1229) was a military and ideological campaign initiated by Pope Innocent III to eliminate Catharism in Languedoc, southern France. The Crusade was prosecuted primarily by the French crown ...
. He is the author of ''The Occitan War: A Military and Political History of the Albigensian Crusade, 1209-1218'' (
Cambridge University Press
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, 2008, ).
External links
Berry College personal pageCambridge University Press, The Occitan War
*review of "The Occitan War: A Military and Political History of the Albigensian Crusade" by M.G. Pegg in Speculum (2010), 85: 167-16
*review in Oxford "English Historical Review" (2009) CXXIV (509): 932-93
* review in Society for Military History, "The Journal of Military History" Volume 73, Number 1, January 200
* review by David Stewart Bachrach, H-France Review (Society for French Historical Studies
The Society for French Historical Studies (SFHS) is, along with the Western Society for French History (WSFH), one of the two primary historical societies devoted to the study of French history headquartered in the United States.
The SFHS edits th ...
) Vol. 11 (July 2011), No. 15
* interview with Marvin at Medievalists.ne
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