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The first battle of the Albigensian Crusade (against the Cathars of Southern France) was at the town of Béziers. On July 22, 1209, Simon de Montfort seized the town and a massacre began. Accounts vary that between 10,000 to 20,000 people were killed in Béziers, with 200 estimated as being Cathars.

The quote "How shall we tell the heretics from the faithful? Kill them all, god will recognise his own." originates from this battle. Abbot Arnaud-Amaury, the pope's legate, made the statement when the crusader soldiers worried about killing Catholics along with Cathars.

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