Dr Rebecca Rist is a lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Reading.  Her areas of interest include the crusades, Jewish-Christian relations, the medieval church and the papacy.  Recent articles have explored papal policy towards the Albigensian crusades and with regard to crusading and the Jews.

[Rist's] study not only examines the development of a significant aspect of papal policy during the later middle ages, but also reveals something of the men behind these policies.

• Introduction  1. Innocent III: the Early Years of the Albigensian Crusade 2. Honorius III: the Albigensian Crusade Continues  3. Gregory IX: the Authorization of Crusades against Heretics in Europe4. Popes and the First 'Political Crusades'ConclusionBibliographyIndex

Dr Rebecca Rist is a lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Reading.  Her areas of interest include the crusades, Jewish-Christian relations, the medieval church and the papacy.  Recent articles have explored papal policy towards the Albigensian crusades and with regard to crusading and the Jews.

[Rist's] study not only examines the development of a significant aspect of papal policy during the later middle ages, but also reveals something of the men behind these policies.

• Introduction  1. Innocent III: the Early Years of the Albigensian Crusade 2. Honorius III: the Albigensian Crusade Continues  3. Gregory IX: the Authorization of Crusades against Heretics in Europe4. Popes and the First 'Political Crusades'ConclusionBibliographyIndex

Dr Rebecca Rist is a lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Reading.  Her areas of interest include the crusades, Jewish-Christian relations, the medieval church and the papacy.  Recent articles have explored papal policy towards the Albigensian crusades and with regard to crusading and the Jews.

[Rist's] study not only examines the development of a significant aspect of papal policy during the later middle ages, but also reveals something of the men behind these policies.

• Introduction  1. Innocent III: the Early Years of the Albigensian Crusade 2. Honorius III: the Albigensian Crusade Continues  3. Gregory IX: the Authorization of Crusades against Heretics in Europe4. Popes and the First 'Political Crusades'ConclusionBibliographyIndex