[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":25},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p5ch9z13: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},"p5ch9","Louis IX (Saint Louis): Regency, Royal Justice and Crusades (1226–1270)",{"id":19,"title":20,"chapterId":16,"html":21,"hasEn":22,"isFallback":23,"seoDescription":24},"p5ch9z13","1229: Treaty of Meaux-Paris, Toulouse and Integration of the Midi","\u003Cp>The \u003Cstrong>Treaty of Meaux-Paris (April 1229)\u003C/strong> ended the Albigensian Crusade as a major military hostility, reorganising relations between the Crown and the County of Toulouse.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🔥 Before 1229: Twenty Years of Religious War\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>The Albigensian Crusade (from 1209) had targeted the heretical Cathar movement and its supporters in the south. It resulted in:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>military devastation of the Midi;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>the occupation of large territories by Louis VIII;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>but no stable legal framework.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>✍️ The Signed Peace\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Count \u003Cstrong>Raymond VII of Toulouse\u003C/strong> was forced to accept the treaty, which provided:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>his submission to royal authority and reparations to the Church;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>handover of a large part of his castles;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>the annexation of a number of territories to the royal domain;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>the marriage of his daughter and heir \u003Cstrong>Jeanne\u003C/strong> to \u003Cstrong>Alphonse of Poitiers\u003C/strong> (brother of Louis IX), with the reversion of the county to the Capetians if the line were extinguished.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🎓 Founding the University of Toulouse\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>One revealing measure: the treaty imposed the creation of a \u003Cstrong>university at Toulouse\u003C/strong>, financed by the count. The aim was to combat ignorance (considered a breeding ground for heresy) by implanting a Catholic intellectual institution.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🌐 A Soft Annexation\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>The treaty did not immediately integrate the Midi: Raymond VII remained in place and retained a real margin of manoeuvre. But the dynastic clause (marriage to Alphonse) was a delayed mechanism: the county would eventually revert. Which it did in \u003Cstrong>1271\u003C/strong>.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key Points to Remember\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>1229 was not a simple “end of crusade” but a legal mechanism of gradual integration.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>The mechanism of reversionary marriage invented at this moment became a classic Capetian tool.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"The Treaty of Meaux-Paris (April 1229) ended the Albigensian Crusade as a major military hostility, reorganising relations between the Crown and the County of",1778543130047]