Inquisition, Part 7: Stop Snitching

14th Century Europe

This is the epilogue to the episodes about Béatrice de Planissoles, in which she and other friends of ours return to denounce the archvillain--or hero?--Bernard Clergue.

The material comes from the record of Bernard Clergue's trial in the Fournier Register. For some of the context, I am indebted to the incredibly detailed research of René Weis, whose book The Yellow Cross answered almost all my questions about the Fournier Register.

Thank you to Professor Nancy Stork for her English translations of parts of the Fournier register, which you can find at the links below.

Beatrice's trial: https://www.sjsu.edu/people/nancy.stork/courses/c4/s1/Beatrice_de_Planissoles

Barthelemy's trial (Beatrice's most recent boyfriend): https://www.sjsu.edu/people/nancy.stork/courses/c4/s1/Barthelemy_Amilhac

Grazide's trial (the girl whose husband didn't object to her affair with the priest, Pierre Clergue): https://www.sjsu.edu/people/nancy.stork/courses/c4/s1/Grazide_Lizier

Still more trials: https://www.sjsu.edu/people/nancy.stork/jacquesfournier/

If you know French and you'd like to read other parts of the Fournier Register, including Bernard Clergue's trial, get in touch with me ([e-mail]) and I'll help you locate Jean Duvernoy's translation.

I am also very much indebted to Emmanuel le Roy Ladurie for his seminal book about Montaillou.

Music thanks to Verbum Gloriae

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOY2Hj4AbsnEfaQDvxQvnAg

"Exultemus et laetemus" - Responsorial chant for Paschaltide.

"Ego sum Alpha et O" - Antiphon for Paschaltide.