Capuche: A Medieval Tale of a Forbidden Love and a Barbaric Church

Second Edition — Fully Illustrated With Historical Cathar and Templar Backgrounds An ancient manuscript lay dormant for eight centuries, waiting to impart a saga. Deep within the document — hidden in the words, under the ink, between the pages — shrouded in mystery, an entity needed to tell its story before moving on. It took one man’s intuition to listen and discover its existence and find the voice in the parchment — this is the incredible story he was told: At the dawn of thirteenth-century England, Morvran ab moel Llywarch straddles two worlds. The Welsh Noble works for the mighty Diocese of Winchester, Rome’s most powerful enclave in England. At the same time, he is Capuche, the leader of the mystical Cathars — a mysterious sect persecuted by Rome and the Inquisition as heretics. At the Diocese, Morvran witnesses the Church’s brutality and abuse of a poverty-stricken population. He fights back as Capuche, and with the help of the Knight Templars, he stays one step ahead of Winchester’s Bishop Peter des Roches’ (died June 1238) torturous revenge. Morvran’s situation complicates when he becomes involved with a Nun, and an irreversible chain of events sets in motion. Both have to leave their ecclesiastical worlds and turn to the Cathar communes — now hunted as heretics and as traitors. Can they escape the Catholic Church and the Inquisition’s ever-tightening grip and avoid being burned at the stake? The voice in the parchment relates a riveting medieval narrative — one of hope and despair, cruelty and redemption, driven by a love persisting under the most arduous circumstances. Author Hotse Langeraar, an avid collector of Middle Age manuscripts, vividly puts the thirteenth century world into perspective, exploring the esoteric Cathars, Church corruption and the Templars’ Crusades. A historical account based on actual events and personalities, this is an unforgettable journey into a dark past.