They were allowed to enter a church only by a special door and, during the service, a rail separated them from the other worshippers. Commonly Cagots were not given a standard last name in registries and records but were only listed by their first name, followed by the mention ' crestians' or ' cagot', such as on their baptismal certificate. Cagots were buried in cemeteries separate from non-Cagots with reports of riots occurring if bishops tried to have the bodies moved to non-Cagot cemeteries. Within parish registries the term 'cagot', or its scholarly synonym 'gezitan', was entered.

The marginalization of the Cagots began at baptism where chimes were not rung in celebration as was the case for non-Cagots and that the baptisms were held at nightfall. They were not allowed to marry non-Cagots, leading to forced endogamy, and were not allowed enter taverns, use public fountains, sell food or wine, touch food in the market, work with livestock, or enter mills. Cagots were excluded from political and social rights. Notice in Saint-Leger-de-Balson ( Gironde, France)Д¬agots were shunned and hated while restrictions varied by time and place, they were typically required to live in separate quarters in towns, called cagoteries, which were often on the far outskirts of the villages. In Aunis and Poitou they were also called Colliberts.In Bigorre they were also called GraouГЁs or Cascarrots.GiГ©zitains is seen in the writings of Dominique Joseph Garat.

In the French Basque Country and Gascony they were also called GiГ©zitains, GГ©zitains, GГ©sitains, or GГ©sites referencing Gehazi the servant of Elisha who was cursed with leprosy due to his greed.In Brittany they were called Cacons, Cahets, Caqueux, Caquins, and Caquous.In Anjou, Languedoc, and Armagnac they were called Capots, and Gens des Marais ( marsh people).In Basque country they were called Agotes, Agots, Argotes, Agotak and Gafos.In Agenais, Bordeaux, and Landes de Gascogne they were called Gahets.In Bordeaux they were called Ladres or Gahetz.In Gascony they were called Cagots, Cagous and Gafets.Their name differed by province and the local language: Evidence of the group exists back as far as 1000s. The Cagots ( pronounced ) were a persecuted minority found in the west of France and northern Spain: the Navarrese Pyrenees, Basque provinces, BГ©arn, AragГіn, Gascony and Brittany. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.You should also add the template to the talk page.A model attribution edit summary Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at ] see its history for attribution.

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Agot a century of blood