Christian History 1200 to 1399

1204

In the year 1209, under the helm of Pope Innocent III, Beziers (France)was destroyed. Thousands were slain in Carcassone and other neighboring cities. Probably half the population  of Languedoc (now Southern France) was exterminated during the subsequent 20 year war. The victims were mostly Catholics who refused to turn over their heretic neighbors and friends.

On July 22nd, 20,000 Christians and 200 Jews were massacred by de Monthfort’s troops and Jews who held official positions were removed from office. Their children were also forcibly baptized.

1209

Begin of violence on command of pope Innocent III (greatest single pre-nazi mass murderer) in 1209. Beziérs (today France) 7/22/1209 destroyed, all the inhabitants were slaughtered. Victims (including Catholics refusing to turn over their heretic neighbours and friends) 20,000-70,000. [WW179-181] (10 pp. 179 - 181)

Carcassonne 8/15/1209, thousands slain. Other cities followed.[WW181] (10 p. 181)

subsequent 20 years of war until nearly all Cathars (probably half the population of the Languedoc, today southern France) were exterminated. [WW183] (10 p. 183)

July 22, BEZIERS (France) (Capital of the Albigensians) 20,000 Christians and 200 Jews were massacred by de Montfort's troops. Jews were removed from office and their children were forcibly baptized. [51] (14)

1215

1215 - 1293 (19 Iyar 5053) RABBI MEIR BEN BARUCH OF ROTHENBURG (Maharam) (Germany) The last of the Tosafists, he was the leading rabbi in Germany. Convinced that there was no future in Germany, he agreed to lead a large contingent of families to Eretz Israel. While waiting for the other families, he was seized by the Bishop of Basel. The emperor ordered him held in prison as a lesson to any of "his Jews" who might want to leave Germany (thereby causing him a financial loss). He refused to be ransomed, saying that to do so would serve as an impetus for further extortions. He died in a prison near Colmar, and his body was held there until it was ransomed some years later (see 1307). [52] (15)

1221

Although the Archbishop of Canterbury forbade anti-Jewish riots by English crusaders, they continued unabated. A group of religious "pilgrims" on their way to the Holy Land attacked the Jewish quarter, burning two synagogues. Some 26 Jews were killed. Among the martyrs was the paytan and cantor Samuel b. Kalonymus. Others threw themselves into the fire rather then be forcibly converted. [53] (16)

1229

After the war ended (1229) the Inquisition was founded 1232 to searchand destroy surviving/hiding heretics. Last Cathars burned at the stake 1324. [WW183] (10 p. 183)
Estimated one million victims (cathar heresy alone), [WW183] (10 p. 183) Other heresies Waldensians, Paulikians, Runcarians, Josephites, and many others. Most of these sects exterminated, (I believe some Waldensians live today, yet they had to endure 600 years of persecution) I estimate at least hundred thousand victims (including the Spanish inquisition but excluding victims in the New World).
Spanish Inquisitor Torquemada alone allegedly responsible for 10,220 burnings. [DO28] (6 p. 28)