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(Peter of Vaux-de-Cernay) d. after December 1218. France. Cistercian at les Vaux-de-Cernay (Yvelines, Northern France). Author of a Historia Albigensis. This is the principal chronicle account of the origins and course of the Albigensian Crusades, 1203-18. Peter was in Languedoc 1212-13, 1214 and 1216-18. He says that his information came from his own witness and from trustworthy participants. Among the latter his uncle, Guy, Abbot of les Vaux-de-Cernay and, from 1212, Bishop of Carcassonne, provided bulls, letters and conciliar acts to incorporate into the work. Pet…

[Guillelmus de Podio Laurentii] ca 1200 - ca 1276. France. Born in Toulouse. Rector of the church of Puylaurens 1237-45, official of Bishops and Count of Toulouse 1238-49. His purpose was to record Catholic efforts to eliminate heresy in southern France over a period of nearly seventy years. Much of his information is derived from his own experiences or from key figures whom he knew personally. He also used the accounts of Petrus Vallium Sarnaii and of the two authors of the Chanson de la Croisade contre les Albigeois, as well as official documents. He does not provide a detailed n…