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The Yellow Cross
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The Yellow Cross

The Story of the Last Cathars 1290-1329
PaperbackPaperback
EUR21,50

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In the 13th century, a group of heretics in southwest France, the Cathars, became a serious threat to the Catholic church. In several waves of repression, thousands of Cathars were killed. Yet so ardent was their faith that, early in the next century, the Cathars rose one last time. This title tells the story of this historical episode.
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ISBN/GTIN978-0-14-027669-5
Product TypePaperback
BindingPaperback
Publishing date02/08/2001
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 129 mm, Height 198 mm, Thickness 35 mm
Weight386 g
Article no.29324663
CatalogsLibri
Data source no.A2320029
Product groupBU942
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This is a highly readable and well put together introduction to eugenics's past and to its present. Overall, Rutherford writes engagingly and expertly on a subject that is central to his research and the place where he practises it (UCL, Rutherford's university, was at the forefront of early 20th century eugenics research). For me, the book is most interesting on the state of eugenics thinking today as Rutherford explains and unpacks some of the complicated moral quandaries now faced by the medical profession and parents alike when it comes to things like so-called designer babies. Above all what he brings out is the deep complexity of the science which makes our media-filtered understanding of the topic seem too simplistic for words.
There are just a few occasions (most notably in the historical section) when Rutherford's style can be too chummy and once or twice he could do with defining terms more clearly but overall this is an excellent introdution to a compley and emotive topic

Author

René Weis was born in 1953. He is Professor of English Literature at UCL and the author of Criminal Justice: The True Story of Edith Thompson, first published in 1988 to critical acclaim.