Following devastation caused in the Aude country by the Prince of Wales in 1355, numerous villages, fortifications of which were insufficient or ruined, take measures for their defence in the second half of the XIVth century. Comigne village, situated between plain and mountain, is probably in the XIIth century an open village -that is, without collective fortification -but maybe equipped with a private fortification (bastida) after the crusade against the Albigeois. Different sources (handwritten documents, vestiges of masonries, plans of the XVIIIth century, compoix = register of taxes) allow us to know the extent of resources held by the Lord-Abbot of Lagrasse and the villagers, to defend the village against the bands of highwaymen which ravage the sector. Moreover, these sources bring us information about construction techniques and materials used at the end of the XIVth century in the region.
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