An independent compiler's tally of historical atrocity death tolls, the source of the one-million figure for the Albigensian Crusade that Pinker cites approvingly.
Facts
Assessment
Reliability Tier3
White is an independent researcher, not a professionally trained historian, and this book is a compilation of other writers' death-toll estimates rather than original archival research. Carried at the lowest tier used on this atlas and cited here only because it is the documented source of a specific figure other, higher-tier writers engage with, never as a standalone authority on what happened in Languedoc. NotesWhite is an independent researcher, not a professionally trained historian, and this book is a compilation of other writers' death-toll estimates rather than original archival research. Carried at the lowest tier used on this atlas and cited here only because it is the documented source of a specific figure other, higher-tier writers engage with, never as a standalone authority on what happened in Languedoc.
Citation
AuthorMatthew White
PublisherW. W. Norton
Publication Year2011
Source TypeBook (popular history)
Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)
This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Religious Events, 2 claims: 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.
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