Prades Tavernier
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Prades Tavernier was a weaver and then Cathar
parfait in the Comté de Foix in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth century. Tavernier was originally from Prades d'Aillon, and he was named after the town. There he became a successful and prosperous weaver. Unmarried he had a bastard daughter, Brune Pourcel
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Tired of weaving Tavernier decided to become a Cathar parfait and traveled the region preaching and performing Cathar rites. In his travels he spent much of his time in the town of Montaillou
, which was a centre of Catharism. Unlike most parfait Tavernier did not come from the bourgeoisie
and he was not well grounded in Cathar theology. He thus broke a number of rules, such as performing the consolamentum on an infant
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Cathar
Catharism was a name given to a Christian religious sect with dualistic and gnostic elements that appeared in the Languedoc region of France and other parts of Europe in the 11th century and flourished in the 12th and 13th centuries...
parfait in the Comté de Foix in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth century. Tavernier was originally from Prades d'Aillon, and he was named after the town. There he became a successful and prosperous weaver. Unmarried he had a bastard daughter, Brune Pourcel
Brune Pourcel
Brune Pourcel née Tavernier was a woman who lived in the Comté de Foix in the early fourteenth century, she was made notable by appearing in Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie's Montaillou. A bastard daughter of Prades Tavernier she became a servant in the house of the wealthy Clergue family of Montaillou...
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Tired of weaving Tavernier decided to become a Cathar parfait and traveled the region preaching and performing Cathar rites. In his travels he spent much of his time in the town of Montaillou
Montaillou
Montaillou is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.-History:The town is best known for being the subject of Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie's pioneering work of microhistory, Montaillou, village occitan. It analyzes the town in great detail over a thirty-year period from 1294 to 1324...
, which was a centre of Catharism. Unlike most parfait Tavernier did not come from the bourgeoisie
Bourgeoisie
In sociology and political science, bourgeoisie describes a range of groups across history. In the Western world, between the late 18th century and the present day, the bourgeoisie is a social class "characterized by their ownership of capital and their related culture." A member of the...
and he was not well grounded in Cathar theology. He thus broke a number of rules, such as performing the consolamentum on an infant
Infant
A newborn or baby is the very young offspring of a human or other mammal. A newborn is an infant who is within hours, days, or up to a few weeks from birth. In medical contexts, newborn or neonate refers to an infant in the first 28 days after birth...
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