'''The Cathars''' were an 11th-13th AD century Gnostic Christian sect that flourished in the Languedoc region of [[France]]. Cathar theology was influenced by the Bogomils and, to an extent, the teachings of the prophet Mani. | '''The Cathars''' were an 11th-13th AD century Gnostic Christian sect that flourished in the Languedoc region of [[France]]. Cathar theology was influenced by the Bogomils and, to an extent, the teachings of the prophet Mani. |