L’organisation castrale et ecclésiale de la moyenne vallée de l’Agout (Tarn) au Moyen Age central

The aim of this study was to catalogue castles and churches of the Middle Ages in part of the Agout valley, upstream from Castres, using archaeological and written sources, and to define their ability to structure human habitat. In order to do this, ground prospecting was carried out, as well as an in-depth study of inventoried sites and an analysis of the archives. A geo-historical approach of the field of study allows us to set the stage. Two topics are then tackled: church buildings and parish organization, military buildings and the organization of feudal domains. These two subjects are finally collated to explain in what way human habitat was structured around these two essential focal points.