History of the Aude and the country of Sault
History of the department of Aude (from the site "The picturesque France")
This story begins with the tribes Volques Tectosages installed in Toulouse and Carcassonne and ends with the integration of the county of Carcassonne and all its dependencies in the kingdom of France under Louis IX (Saint Louis).
Meanwhile, this land has suffered episodes such as Wisigitic and Muslim invasions and especially the Albigensian crusade that will be the pretext to annex to the kingdom of France with the county of Toulouse, Carcassone and Razes For more details, click on the link: History in the Aude (Not translated)
History of Sault Country
Presented in the form of booklets to flip through, you can take notice of a very localized and very rich story related to the fate of the Counts of Toulouse and Carcassonne and whose Cathar episode will mark the integration of this "pagus" to the royal domain, then later to the republic.
According to the book Operation Vilatges al pais Community of
communes of the canton of AXAT
Authors: Francis POUDOU and Fabrice BEDOS.
The following documents are in French
CIném' Aude 2000 (Fédération Léo Lagranbe) The following documents are in French
