Peter of Vaux-de-Cernay

Peter of Vaux de Cernay (Latin: Petrus Vallium Sarnaii; died c. 1218) was a Cistercian monk of Vaux-de-Cernay Abbey, in what is now Yvelines, northern France, and a chronicler of the Albigensian Crusade. His Historia Albigensis is one of the primary sources for the events of that crusade. Quotes They made them into pestles to bruise pepper and herbs for their sauces. Historia Albigensis, ch. 46. Terror of the routiers. "Another of their delights was to pollute and break in pieces the images of Christ, to break their arms and legs, and ill-use them."—Jules Michelet, History of France, tr. G. H. Smith (New York, 1882), vol. i, p. 275 External links Category:Chroniclers Category:People of the Crusades