[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":25},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p5ch8z3:en":3},{"period":4,"chapter":15,"zoom":18},{"id":5,"title":6,"titleEn":6,"titleEs":7,"coverArtworkId":8,"range":9,"rangeEn":9,"rangeEs":9,"cover":10},"p5","High Middle Ages","Plena Edad Media","hannibal-alpes","987 → 1453",{"fileName":11,"filePageUrl":12,"imageUrl":13,"sourceLabel":14},"Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","/assets/p5-moyen-age-classique-cover.png","Wikimedia Commons",{"id":16,"title":17},"p5ch8","Louis VIII the Lion: Southern Conquests and Capetian Succession (1223–1226)",{"id":19,"title":20,"chapterId":16,"html":21,"hasEn":22,"isFallback":23,"seoDescription":24},"p5ch8z3","1226: Siege of Avignon and the Albigensian Crusade","\u003Cp>The Crusade against the Albigensians, launched in 1208, has become a war in which faith, suzerainty, and the recomposition of the South intermingle. Louis VIII decides to lead a major expedition there in \u003Cstrong>1226\u003C/strong>.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🏰 Avignon: A City, A Lock\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>The siege of \u003Cstrong>Avignon\u003C/strong> reveals the difficulty of a southern conquest:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>a fortified city;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>heavy logistics;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>a long, costly campaign, exposed to disease.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>The capitulation of Avignon is a signal: royal power can impose its will far from the heart of its domain.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key Points to Remember\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>1226: the South becomes a space for Capetian integration as much as a religious battlefield.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Urban sieges demonstrate a monarchy capable of sustaining effort and of lasting occupation.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"The Crusade against the Albigensians, launched in 1208, has become a war in which faith, suzerainty, and the recomposition of the South intermingle. Louis VIII",1778543127783]