
The Cagots were a peculiar race of people inhabiting southern France, in the Western Pyrenees. In the middle ages they were believed to be cannibals and heretics, and treated with the greatest ignominy. By the start of the 20th century they were legally on a level with other Frenchmen, but socially they were still regarded as degraded. The Cagots w...
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