From Iberia to Diaspora

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El jueves 12 de septiembre de 1213, las tropas catalanas, aragonesas y occitanas del rey de Aragón Pedro el Católico se encontraban frente al castillo de Muret, no lejos de Toulouse. Allí estaban los caballeros franceses del conde Simon de Montfort, líder de la cruzada predicada por el papa Inocencio III en 1208 contra los cátaros del sur de Francia. Las circunstancias militares anunciaban una fácil victoria del rey Pedro y la consolidación de una gran monarquía feudal hispano-occitana a caballo de los Pirineos. Sin embargo, la batalla de Muret se convirtió en una de esas derrotas...

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