Beliefs that combine Christianity and Manicheanism, such…
1149 CE
Beliefs that combine Christianity and Manicheanism, such as Bogomilism, had arrived in southern France via trade routes from Eastern Europe by the eleventh century.
Proto-Cathars had appeared in Limousin between 1012 and 1020, but by the twelfth century, the Christian anti-Catholic movement has become become very popular on southern France and the Church considers it a threat.
The first Cathari bishopric is established in 1149.