Songs of the medieval troubadours mingle with motets and polyphonic chants from the same period, illuminating a many-sided conflict in which greed, extremist ideology, religious intolerance, and petty political maneuvering resulted in the deaths of thousands, the disempowerment of an entire culture, and the dissolution of the richest and most splendid medieval courts of Southern Europe.

Drawing directly from medieval chansonniers and 13th century chronicles, Ignea Strata marries scholarly research with innovative, emotional storytelling and sensitive musicianship to tell a challenging story: a timely story that shows just how little the human heart changes, even after 800 years of history.