Montaillou: Cathars and Catholics in a French Village, 1294-1324.

Part 1 The ecology of Montaillou - the house and the shepherd: environment and authority the domus a dominant house - the Clergue family the shepherds the great migrations the life of the shepherds in the Pyrenees the shepherd's mental outlook. Part 2 An archaeology of Montaillou - from body language to myth: body language and sex the libido of the Clergues temporary unions marriage and love marriage and the condition of women childhood and other ages in life death in Montaillou cultural exchanges social relationships concepts of time and space fate, magic and salvation religion in practice morality, wealth and labour magic and the other world.