I have been researching and writing a series of posts on the local history of the village where I live in southwest France. You can read them here:

A Short History of La Guepia Part 1

An overview of the history of the area.

A History of La Guepia Part 2

Charting the Albigensian Crusade and the suppression of the Cathars, which led to the end of the Occitan nation.

and there are two more to come over the next few months on the Hundred Years War and the plague, and on Huguenot rebels.

The image shows La Guepia castle, which overlooks the confluence of the rivers Viaur and Aveyron.

If you are interested in Occitan medieval history you might also be interested in my post on the Occitan Female Lords

and in my novels focusing on Occitan medieval history:

The Viking Hostage

Almodis: The Peaceweaver

Love’s Knife