Catharism: was it a thing?
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1yq7zd/catharism_was_it_a_thing/Cathars and Ranters didn't exist?
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/20qcoq/cathars_and_ranters_didnt_exist/Did Catharism/the Cathar heresy actually exist?
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/pampi8/did_catharismthe_cathar_heresy_actually_exist/Is it true that the wikipedia entry on Catharism is largely a conspiracy theory and Cathars as traditionally understood - an "alternative church", or cohesive sect, of "progressive" heretics, descendent from ancient heresies, who were annihilated by a traditionalist Catholic Church - never existed?
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1169ty5/is_it_true_that_the_wikipedia_entry_on_catharism/Is there currently any consensus among historians as to whether or not the Cathars and the Cathar Church actually existed?
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/9yqdd2/is_there_currently_any_consensus_among_historians/Why is the Cathar heresy so uniquely controversial?
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/q9kn2y/why_is_the_cathar_heresy_so_uniquely_controversial/