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Rambles in the Pyrenees and the adjacent districts, Gascony, Pays de Foix, & Roussillon (1912)

Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton), 1848-1923 · New York : Dutton · leaf 411

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ll find a goodmarket, and also has a large trade in brandy. It isno uncommon sight to see the grapes being broughtinto the town in large, vat-shaped casks, to be manu-factured into wane indoors, and sometimes the wine-press is taken into the vineyards, and the juice ex-pressed there. While the… … ■• J THE CATHEDRAL 34i of Carcassonne, and was therefore besieged by Simonde Montfort during the Albigensian war. Its capturewas one of the most terrible incidents in that orgy ofblood and greed, and it was by consent of the legateAmaud Amaury that the sack took place. On July 29,1209, nearly all…

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