by Michael Haag
Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer 118, 119
Lomas, Robert 271, 339, 352
London
Church of All Hallows by the Tower 318
New Temple 143, 319–20
Temple Church 169, 319–22, 321 illus
Louis VII, King of France 114–15, 115 illus, 119, 121–4, 141, 253
Louis IX, King of France (St Louis) 192, 213
Louis XVI, King of France 265–6
‘Lungren, Dolph’ (The Minion) 342
Magellan, Ferdinand 248
‘Magnusson, Arn’ (The Crusades Trilogy) 335
Malleus Maleficarum (1487) 256, 256 illus
Malta, and Hospitallers 242–3
Malta, Sovereign Order of 243–4
Mamelukes
conquests 140, 193–5, 198–200, 201, 204
fall of Acre 168, 201–3
local insurrections against 209
origins 140, 189 illus, 190–91
Manichaeans 146, 149–50
al-Mansur, Abu Yusef 315
al-Mansur Ibrahim, Prince 190
Mansurah, battle of 192, 193 illus
Manuel I Comnenus, Emperor 120
Marco Polo 140, 151
Margat castle 181, 200
Marie of Champagne, Countess 253
Maronites 209
Marschner, Heinrich 345
Marshal 129, 157
Martin IV, Pope 197
Martin, Troy Kennedy 344–5
Marwan, Caliph 291
Mary Magdalene 117–19, 118 illus
masons 257–9
see also Freemasonry
Masyaf 151 illus
Matilda, Queen 322
Maundrell, Henry 204
Mecca 51, 52, 53, 56
Medieval Total War video game 346
Melisende, Queen 99, 114
Melville, Herman 330
Memoirs (Augustin Barruel, 1797) 266–7
Methodius of Patara, Bishop 61
Michael the Syrian 107, 109
Michael VII, Emperor 71
military orders, unification 214–16
Milites Templi (Papal bull) 104
Militia Dei (Papal bull) 104
The Minion film 342
Mishnah (200 BC) 36
Mohammed 48, 50, 51–3
Night Journey 27, 56–7, 291
Mongols 193–4, 209, 210 illus
monophysitism 60, 209
monothelitism 209
Montgisard, battle of 166
Montségur 147 illus, 148
Morgan, William 280
Mormons 277
Mossad 279
Mosse, Kate 336–7
Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem 243
movies, Templar themes 340–44
Muin ad-Din Unur, governor of Damascus 112
Mumbo Jumbo (1972) 330
music, Templar themes 345–6
mythological literature 253–5, 3329
Nasir-i Khusraw 160
National Treasure film 342–3
Navarro, Julia 337
New Orkney Antiquarian Journal, on Henry Sinclair 272
New World Order 276, 278–81
Newport Tower, Rhode Island 271
Newton, Isaac 260–61
Nicene Creed 47
Nicholas IV, Pope 198
Nicolai, Otto 345
Night Journey of Mohammed 27, 56–7, 291
novels, Templar themes 329–40
Nur al-Din 122, 123, 133, 161–2, 165
Oddfellows 267
officials and organisation of the Templars 129, 157–8
Old Man of the Mountain 151, 152–4, 266
Old Temple Kirk, Scotland 318
Omne Datum Optimum (Papal bull) 104
Order of Christ 246–7, 248, 315, 316
Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem 244, 244 illus
Order of Montessa 311
Orkney, Henry, Earl of 217
Outremer
defence by Templars 106, 285
diminished under Saladin 182
extent of 92–3, 123, 127–8, 285
French support 197
land owned by military orders 136
and Muslim divisions 111
shortage of fighting men 94
and Third Crusade 182–4
see also Antioch; Edessa; Jerusalem; Tripoli
Papacy
at Avignon 213–14, 233
Chinon Parchment 227–8, 229–33, 231 illus, 252, 356
Investiture Controversy 72, 74
Papal bulls 104, 212, 225, 235, 236, 256
secular conflict 212–14, 215 illus, 225–7, 251
and the Templars 104, 129, 224–33, 234–6
and violence 89
The Paradise of Bachelors (1855) 330
Paris Temple 142–3, 143 illus, 308–311
Parsifal (Wagner) 345
Parzival (c. 1220) 253–4, 255, 329
Pastoralis Praeeminentiae (Papal bull) 225
Payen of Montdidier 108
Pelagius, Papal legate 185
Pembroke, William, Earl of 320–21
Perceval, The Story of the Grail (1181) 253–4, 255, 329
Persia, defeat by Byzantines 48
Peter the Hermit 78–80, 79 illus
Peter of Les Vauz-de-Cernay 146
Phi Beta Kappa 280
Philip II, King of France 144, 181
Philip II, King of Spain 246
Philip IV, King of France
in fiction 334–5, 339
financial needs 212–13, 221
and Hospitallers 244
and the Papacy 213–14, 215 illus, 224–7, 231, 235
and the Templars 217, 219–21, 225–7, 231–2, 234
The Philosophical Principles of Natural and Revealed Religion (1749) 264
pilgrimages
Compostela 117, 313
early Christian 42–4, 67–8, 70–71
historical source 348
Templar protection 135
piracy 272
plots, Templar themes 331–2
Ponferrada 313–14
Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ 95–8, 290
pop music, Templar themes 345–6
ports 138–40
Portugal, and the Templars 246–8, 252, 314–17
Priory of Sion 336
Qalaun, Sultan 198, 200–202
al-Quds 49
see also Jerusalem
Qutuz 194
Raiders of the Lost Ark film 36
Raimbald of Caron, Master of Cyprus 230
Raleigh, Walter, Sir 276
Ramon Lull 252–3
Ramsay, Andrew Michael 262–4, 342
Rashid al-Din, Sinan 152–4
Raymond of Aguilers 85–6
Raymond of Antioch 122, 253
Raymond (Assassins’ victim) 152, 302
‘Raymond de Roquefort’ (The Templar Legacy) 338
Raymond II, Count of Tripoli 152, 153
Raymond III, Count of Tripoli
battle of Hattin 170–75, 176–7
and Saladin 168, 169
and the Templars 154
Raymond of Toulouse, Count 78, 85, 91, 92
Raynald of Chatillon 165–6, 167, 168, 170, 172, 175–6
Reed, Ishmael 330
‘Reilly, Sean’ (The Last Templar) 338
Relic Hunter (TV) 345
relics 43, 44–5, 117
The Return of Jacques du Molay album 345
Revelation film 343
Revenge Of The Sith film 340
Rhodes, Hospitallers in 215, 216, 242, 243 illus, 244
Richard I, King of England (Lionheart) 181–4, 330
Richard of Poitou 106
Ridley, Jasper 352
Robert, Duke of Normandy 78, 91
Robert the Bruce 245, 268–9, 268 illus
Robert of Craon 104
Robert III of Artois, in fiction 333
Robert the Monk 75, 76
Robert of Sab
lé, Grand Master 184
rock music, Templar themes 345–6
Rockefeller, David 279 Roger of Flor 203
Roger II, King of Sicily 120 Roman Empire 41–2
Rossal (Roland) (knight) 108–9
Rosslyn Chapel 270–71, 323–6, 324
illus
The Rosslyn Hoax (2006) 269, 352
Rosslyn, William, Lord of 271
Rostan Berenguier 216
Royal Antediluvian Order of
Buffaloes 267
Ruad (Arwad) island 208, 211–12,212 illus, 306
Rule of the Templars Order 101–2
Saewulf of Canterbury 94
Safita see Chastel Blanc
St Clair see Sinclair
St Cyprian 43
St Denis 117
St James 117, 313
St John the Almsgiver 96
St John’s Ambulance Brigade 244
St John’s Eye Hospital 244
St Mark 117
St Mary the Virgin church, Shipley 318
St Polycarp 43
St Thomas, Provincial Grand
Master 318
Saladin
and Assassins 152
battle of Arsuf 183–4
battle of Hattin 171–7
battle of Montgisard 166
capture of Chastellet 134
capture of Jerusalem 178–80
divided opponents 168–70
magnanimity 167–8
rise of 165–7
and Springs of Cresson 170–71
in Syria 181
Third Crusade 181–2, 183
al-Salih Ayyub 190, 192
Sanders, George 328 illus, 333
Santa Maria do Olival church 316–17
Saphet (Safad) castle 131–2, 134, 168, 195, 198–9
Scotland, and the Templars 245318
Scott, Walter, Sir 238, 330, 332–3, 345
Sea of Bronze basin 37, 258
Seal of Solomon 31
seal of the Templars 97, 98 illus, 109
The Second Messiah 339
Segovia 312–13, 312 illus
Seljuk Turks 71–2, 74, 80, 82, 93
Seneschal 129, 157
Sens, Archbishop of 234, 236
September 11 2001 attacks 279
Shagarat al-Durr, Sultan 192–3
Shawar (vizier) 162
Sheba, Queen 18 illus, 30
Shia Islam 66–7, 150, 209
Shirkuh (Saladin’s uncle) 162
Shroud 44, 238, 264–5
in fiction 331, 337, 339
Sibylla, Queen 169–70
Sicilian Vespers 197–8
Sicily 197–8
Sidon 178
Sinclair, Dr Andrew 326
Sinclair, Henry, Earl of Orkney 271
Sinclair, William, 1
st Earl of Caithness 323
Sinclair, William, Lord of Rosslyn 271
Skull and Bones 279–81
slaves 140
Smith, Joseph 277, 278 illus
Solomon, King of Israel 19, 20, 28–31, 258–9
and Queen of Sheba 18 illus
see also Temple of Solomon Solomon’s
Stables 157, 158–9, 158
illus, 296–7
Sophronius 49–50
Sovereign Order of Malta 243–4
Spain, and the Templars 245–6, 311–14
Springs of Cresson, battle 135, 170–71, 176–7
St-Maximin-la-Ste-Baume 118, 119
Stables of Solomon 157, 158–9, 158 illus, 296–7
Star Wars film 340
Sullivan, Arthur, Sir 345
Summis Desiderantes Affectibus (Papal bull) 256
Sunni Islam 66–7, 71, 150, 209
symbols 275–6, 277, 332
Syria 299–300
see also Chastel Blanc (Safita); Damascus; Krak des Chevaliers; Tortosa
Taft, William Howard, President 280
Tafurs 82–3, 85, 91
The Talisman (1825) 330, 332–3, 345
Talmud 161
Tancred 78, 85, 91
‘Tanner, Alice’ (Labyrinth) 336 ‘Teabing, Leigh, Sir’ (The Da Vinci Code) 331
television, Templar themes 344–5
The Templar Legacy (2006) 331, 338–9
The Templar Renegade (DVD) 346 The Templar Revelation (1998) 270, 352
Templar of Tyre 138
Templars
appearance 77, 81, 101–2, 104, 105 illus
daily routine 102
finances 101, 109, 130–32
founding members 95–6, 98, 108–9
initiation ceremony 218, 218 illus, 220, 228–9, 233
Latin Rule 101–2
officials 129, 157–8
origin of the name 17, 97–8
role 102, 103–4, 164, 207
structure of the organisation 129, 131–2, 157–8
survivors 241–8
The Templars (band) 341, 345–6
Temple, Paris 143
Temple Church, London 143, 169
The Temple and the Lodge (1991) 342, 352
Temple of the Lord, Dome of the
Rock 91, 155, 157, 293
Temple Mount
capture by Crusaders 85
capture by Saladin 179–80
historical background 17–18, 44, 290–97, 292 illus
Muslim control 50, 53–4, 187–8
Templar buildings 155–61, 156
map
see also Dome of the Rock
Temple of Solomon
Biblical sources for 19–22
construction 31–4, 37, 38 illus, 39, 258
destruction 39–40
and Freemasonry 261
historical background 16 illus, 18–20, 24 illus
presence of God 39
source of Templars’ name 17
threshing floor of Zion site 27, 290, 293
temples
Cressing, Essex 322–3, 322 illus
Ezekiel’s 20
Herod the Great’s 17, 19, 24 illus, 290, 294, 296
New Temple, London 143, 319–20
Paris Temple 142–3, 143 illus, 308–311
Temple of the Lord 91, 155, 157, 293
see also Temple Mount; Temple of Solomon
Teutonic Knights 185, 187, 188
Theobald, Count of Champagne 101
Theobald Gaudin 203–4
Theoderich 156–7, 158, 159–60
Theodoret of Cyrrhus 42
Thomson, Charles 275–6
The Thousand and One Nights 31
threshing floor of Zion 27, 290, 293
Tiberias, siege of 172–4
Titus, Emperor 18, 22, 264
Tomar 314–17
Tortosa 133–4, 195, 204, 211, 299–302, 301 illus torture, Inquisition 222–3, 222 illus
Tower of David 86 illus
trade 138–40
treasure, Templar 202 illus, 203–4, 264–5
Tripoli 195, 201
Tripoli, County of 92, 106, 127
see also Raymond II, Count of Tripoli; Raymond III, Count of Tripoli
True Cross
7th century movements 48, 49
falls into Muslim hands 175, 289
Iglesia Vera Cruz 312–13, 312 illus
remains of 313
security for loan 141
used in battle 165, 169, 172
Turin Shroud see Shroud
Typee (1846) 330
Tyre 178
Umar, Caliph 49–50, 53–4
Umayyad dynasty 58, 65, 67
Unam Sanctam (Papal bull) 212
UNESCO, World Heritage sites 314, 316
United States
and Freemasonry 273–6, 279, 280
Great Seal 275–6
September 11 2001 attacks 279
Urban II, Pope 72–7
Usamah ibn Munqidh 112–13
Valentinus 148–9
Venice 117
Vezelay 115–19, 115 illus
video games 34
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Virgin Mary 44
Vox in Excelso (Papal bull) 235
Wagner, Richard 345
Wailing Wall 18, 291
Waldensians 146
Walter Map 107
Warmund of Picquigny, Patriarch of Jerusalem 95
Washington, George, President 240 illus, 273, 274 illus, 276
Watson, William 330, 334–5
William of Beaujeu, Grand Master 196–7, 202–3
William the Marshal, Earl of Pembroke 320–21
William of Nogaret
in fiction 335, 339
and the Papacy 222–3
and the Templars 213, 216, 219–20, 222, 230
William of Paris, French Inquisitor 219, 226
William of Plaisians 230
William of Puylaurens 146
William of Tyre 107–9, 112, 133, 154, 162–4
witchcraft 256–7
Wolfram von Eschenbach 253–4, 255, 329
Yale University 279–81
Young, Brigham 277
Young, Robyn 339–40
Zengi, governor of Mosul 111–14, 168
Zeno, Nicolo and Antonio 271
Zichmi 271–2
Zoroastrianism 48
The Templars: a chronology
c1209 BC Date of the first non-biblical reference to Israel, contained on a stele of the Egyptian Pharaoh Merneptah. This approximates the traditional date, c1200 BC, for the arrival of the Jews in the Promised Land after their Exodus from Egypt.