The question of the reality of Cathars and other heresies is debated in this provocative collection.

Questions about the Cathars - Antonio SennisThe Paradigm of Catharism; or, the Historians' Illusion - Mark PeggThe Cathar Middle Ages as a Methodological and Historiographical Problem - John H ArnoldThe Heretical Dissidence of the 'Good Men' in the Albigeois [1276-1329]: Localism and Resistance to Roman Clericalism - Julien Théry-AstrucThe Heretici of Languedoc: Local Holy Men and Women or Organized Religious Group? New Evidence from Inquisitorial, Notarial and Historiographical Sources - Jörg FeuchterCathar Links with the Balkans and Byzantium - Bernard HamiltonPseudepigraphic and Parabiblical Narratives and Elements in Medieval Eastern Christian Dualism and Their Implications for the Rise and Evolution of Catharism - Yuri StoyanovThe Cathars from Non-Catholic Sources - David d'AvrayConverted-Turned-Inquisitors and the Image of the Adversary: Ranier Sacconi Explains Cathars - Caterina BruschiThe Textbook Heretic: Moneta of Cremona's Cathars - Lucy Sackville'Lupi rapaces in ovium vestimentis': Heretics and Heresy in Papal Correspondence - Rebecca RistLooking for the 'Good Men' in the Languedoc: an alternative to 'Cathars'? - Claire TaylorPrinciples at Stake: The debate of April 2013 in retrospect - R I MooreGoodbye to Catharism? - Peter Biller