'The Massacre at Beziers', (1209), 1890. On 22 July 1209 the people of Beziers were slaughtered in churches by Crusaders and routiers, following the failure of Renaud de Montpeyroux to negotiate departure of Cathars from within the city. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. III - The Middle Ages", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890. ]