They had no holy book, worshipped in the fields and forests, men and women were equals, they believed in reincarnation and though they were known as "perfects", the Cathars were hunted to extinction in the name of God.
In the winter of 1243 the last of the perfects retreated to their final sanctuary, the impregnable fortress of Montsegur.
The Cathar Prophecy is the extraordinary story of their last stand and the treasure they defended. It tells of Arnaud de Blanchforrt, the disposssessed knight who stood with them and the perfects who changed his life forever