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'''''Cronica''''' (in standard Latin, ''Chronica''; in English, "Chronicle") is the short title of a short history of [[Catharism]] and the [[Albigensian Crusade]] by the 13th century [[Toulouse|Toulousain]] author [[Guillaume de Puylaurens]].

The most important manuscript of the ''Chronica'' (Paris Bibl. Nat. latinLatin 5212) dates from the early 14th century. It was probably written in or near Toulouse and perhaps belonged to a Dominican foundation, possiblysuch as [[Prouille]]. Two further manuscripts are later copies of this one. A fourth (Paris Bibl. Nat. latinLatin 5213) is of the 16th century but based on an early manuscript now lost. The 1623 edition by [[Guillaume Catel]] (see below) was based on other manuscripts now lost.

The oldest manuscript provides two possible longer titles for the work. The [[incipit]] is ''Incipit '''chronica a magistro Guillelmo de Podio Laurenti compilata''''', "here begins the '''chronicle compiled by Master William of Puylaurens'''". The prologue is headed ''Incipit prologus super '''hystoria negocii a Francis Albiensis vulgariter appellati''''' , "here begins the prologue of the '''history of what the French call the Albigensian affair'''".

The chronicle opens with the preaching of [[Bernard of Clairvaux]] against the heretics of [[Verfeil, (Haute-Garonne)]] in 1145 and closes with the restitution, on [[15 March]] [[1275]], of the confiscated lands of [[Roger-Bernard III of Foix]]. Work on the chronicle was completed before [[25 July]] [[1276]], date of the death of [[James I of Aragon]], who is spoken of in the final sentence as still alive.

*{{Harvard referenceCitation | Surnameeditor-last= Duvernoy | Giveneditor-first=Jean, |editor | Authorlink-link=Jean Duvernoy | Titlework=Guillaume de Puylaurens, Chronique 1145-1275: |title=[[Chronica]] magistri Guillelmi de Podio Laurentii | Publisherpublisher=CNRS |and PlaceLe Pérégrinateur |location=Paris |and YearToulouse |orig-year=1976 | ISBN|quote=2910352064 }}.Latin Texttext and French translation. Reprinted: Toulouse: Le Pérégrinateur, |year=1996. |isbn=2-910352-06-4}}

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