Back in the 12th century, some Christians began to question the status quo. They looked at the leading figures of the Roman Catholic world and they decided that the Church establishment was missing the point.
They ended up being called Cathars. Thereafter they ended up being exterminated. This was the culmination of an extraordinary series of events that extended over 70 blood-soaked years in the picturesque southern French region of Languedoc.
If this column could travel back in time to conduct interviews, an interview with a Languedoc Cathar might run along the following lines. Unlikely, I admit, but it might.