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Paris, University of 370–1, 385
Parzival (von Eschenbach) 406–7, 409
Paschal II, Pope 60
Paul, St 33
Payen of Montdidier 70
Pelagius, bishop of Albano 246, 250, 252, 253, 255, 256, 284
Peter I, king of Cyprus 401
Peter III, king of Aragon 332
Peter of Bologna 383–4, 385, 386
Peter the Hermit 20
Peter of Montaigu
death 271
Fifth Crusade 236, 237, 242, 245, 249, 250, 254, 255–6
and Frederick II Hohenstaufen 257, 259, 261, 262
Peter of Sevrey 323–4
Philip II, king of France (Philip Augustus) 168, 171, 203, 208, 209, 215, 224, 240, 273, 281
Philip IV, king of France 7–8, 296, 345–57, 358–72, 409, 411
appearance 337
character 337, 399
death from a stroke while hunting 398
and the dissolution of the Templars 392–3, 394
dynasty 345–6
expulsion of the Jews 348–50
financial crisis 347–50
persecution of the French Templars 353–7, 358–75, 384–6, 397
and Pope Boniface VIII 346–7, 351, 363, 369
and Pope Clement V 336–7, 338, 351
Tour de Nesle scandal 399
war with Aragon 347
Philip V, king of France 401
Philip of Ibelin 391
Philip of Marigny, Archbishop of Sens 385, 396
Philip of Nablus 140–1, 149, 207
Philip of Novara 266, 267, 269
Philip of Plessis 235
pilgrimage 18, 19–20, 26, 27, 59, 96, 136, 214, 274
Plancart, Enrique 414
Plantagenet, Geoffrey 70
Ponsard of Gisy 361
Portugal 72–3, 130–1, 206, 237, 238, 252, 400
Order of Christ 395
preceptories 69, 70, 220, 228, 229
preceptors see under Templars
Prussia 402
Qutuz, sultan 303
Raimbaud of Caron 360, 366, 376, 377, 393, 395
Ralph of Coggeshall 178, 179
Ramon Berenguer IV 73, 74, 131
Raoul de Cambrai 409
Raymond, count of Tripoli 170, 171, 172, 173–4, 176, 177, 182, 183, 185–6
Raymond of Antioch, Prince 109
Raymond of Fitero 131
Raymond III, count of Tripoli 138
Reconquista 58, 63, 130, 229, 400–1, 407
Reginald of Provins 383, 386
Renier of Mareuil 161
Reynald Bochart 217–18
Reynald of Châtillon 134, 154, 156, 169, 188–9
Reynald of Sidon 185–6
Reynald of Vichiers 282, 283, 287, 292–3, 294–5, 301
Rhodes 401, 402–3
Ricaut Bonomel 312
Richard, earl of Cornwall 269
Richard of Hastings 221
Richard the Lionheart 6, 203–5, 206–18, 224, 259
Robert Anglicanus 207
Robert, count of Artois 284, 285, 287–8, 289, 381
Robert of Craon (Robert Burgundio) 64–5, 66, 74, 107–8
Robert Fraisnel 168, 178, 179
Robert of Nantes, patriarch of Jerusalem 279
Robert of Sablé 207, 211, 217, 232
Roger the German 123
Roger of Moulins 169, 171, 174, 177, 179
Rogeron of Lauria 342
Roman de la Rose 409
Roric of La Courtine 206
Rosetta 6, 138, 401
Ru’ad 333
Rudolf I, bishop of Würzburg 33–4
Rupen of Montfort 391
Rutebeuf 317
Saewulf’s pilgrimage to Jerusalem 13–20, 22–6
Safad, Templar castle 305–9
Saher of Mamedunc 151
Saint-Denis, Abbey of 83, 84, 97, 351, 382, 398
Saisset, Bernard, bishop of Pamiers 346
Saladin 5, 6, 145, 146–9, 152–3, 175–81, 233, 235, 269, 299
battle of Arsuf 211–13
battle of Hattin 5, 185–8, 189, 190–1, 382, 408
battle of Mont Gisard 156–8
capture of King Guy 188–9
commitment to jihad 148, 169, 176
conquests 159
death 231–2
and Jacob’s Ford 160, 161, 163–6, 167
and Jerusalem 191–2, 213–14, 265
siege of Acre 198–209, 210
siege of Tiberias 183–4
and the Third Crusade 169–70, 213, 215, 216, 217
Salerno, Roger of 31
Sandamour 333
Santiago de Compostela 59, 132
Santiago, Order of 6–7, 131–2, 237
Sarmada
Field of Blood 30–2
Satarém 130, 206
schism, western 401
Scotland 34, 130, 274, 370, 413
Scott, Ridley 411
Scott, Sir Walter
Ivanhoe 411
Second Crusade 5, 75, 79–106, 108, 111, 130, 210, 227
events in Paris 82–4
and the fall of Edessa 79, 80–1, 82, 83
French army 87–95
German army 83, 85–7
siege of Damascus 5, 102–5
Seljuqs 19, 21, 29, 47, 58, 85
and the Second Crusade 80, 86–7, 89
Sephoria (Saffuriya) 175, 182, 183
Shawar, vizier 137, 138, 140, 141, 142–3, 144–5
Shihab al-din Al-Nuwayri 303
Shirkuh, Kurdish general 137–8, 140, 141, 144–5
death 146–7
Sibylla, queen of Jerusalem 169, 174–5, 176, 215, 218
Sicily 204, 228, 259–60, 262, 268, 271, 272, 294, 390
Sigurd, king of Norway 29, 83
Simon of Lenda 353
Sixth Crusade 261–9
Solomon, Biblical king 38, 39, 98
Sone de Nansai 409
Spain 1, 60, 69, 74–5, 168, 206, 236, 237, 252, 312
Spanish kingdoms 7, 70, 73–4, 130–2, 229, 236–8, 252
al-Andalus 60, 85
dissolution of the Order of the Temple 394
military orders 6–7, 131, 237, 327, 390, 400
persecution of Templars in 389–90
Reconquista 58, 59–63, 130, 229–30, 304, 400–1
Templar influx into 74–5
Springs of Cresson, battle of the 177–81, 182, 183, 190, 202, 409
Stephen of Blois 70–1, 136
Stephen of Ostricourt 292
Stephen of Sissy 313–14
Stephen of Suisy 377
Stephen of Troyes 374
Sugar, Abbot of Saint-Denis 97
Suleiman the Magnificent 403, 404
Swamp of Starlings 157
Sword Brothers of Livonia 7
Tabor, Mount 234
Tanis 255
Taqi al-Din 156, 157, 184, 185–6
Tarunshah 300
Templar of Tyre, the 306–7, 308, 315, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 333–4, 337, 353
Templars
army discipline 154–6
and Bernard of Clairvaux’s De Laude 56–8
clothing and uniforms 1, 40, 52–3, 65, 82
and the Council of Nablus 34–5, 36, 37, 75
dissolution of the order 2–3, 7–8, 393–5
food and meals 53
houses 39–40, 53, 69–70, 72, 82, 130, 197, 225–6, 227, 273–4
income 66, 67–8
killing of animals 53–4
land and properties 48–9, 68–73, 74–5, 197–8, 219–20, 221–2, 224, 228–9
mythology 3, 406–15
non-fighting brothers 2
origins and foundation 1–2, 4, 28–41
and the papacy 226–7, 251
proposed reform of the Order 329–30, 338–9, 340–5, 351
preceptories 69, 70, 220, 228, 229, 272, 315,
preceptors (regional commanders) 136, 143, 145, 154, 254, 270, 282,
318, 339, 360, 363, 366, 376, 377, 383, 389, 397
religious observances 51
riches and power 2, 6, 96, 126, 248–9, 272–5, 350
Rule 4, 50–5, 56, 63, 64, 66, 84, 91, 117, 119, 154–5, 249, 316
as tax collectors 223, 232, 251–2
and women 54, 69–70
see also France, Templars in
Terricus 184, 185–6, 190, 191, 196
Teutonic Order 6, 246–7, 250–1, 260, 263, 266, 268, 304, 313, 314, 390, 402, 409, 410
fortress of Montfort 317
proposed merger of military orders 327
Thaddeus of Naples 328
Theobald of Champagne 269–70, 306
Theobald, count of Champagne 50
Theobald Gaudin 323, 325, 326
Theoderic, German pilgrim 125–6, 197
Theodoric Waleran 82
Thierry, count of Flanders 105
Third Crusade 195–218, 269
Third Lateran Council 152, 167
Thomas Bérard 301, 313–14, 316, 318
Tiberias 24, 177
siege of 183–4
Titus, Roman emperor 38
Toghtekin 47
Toron, Mount 195–7, 200–3
Torsello, Marino Sanudo 401
Tortosa 129, 150, 265–6, 269, 315, 325, 328, 333
Transjordan 140
Tripoli 29, 110, 137, 138, 139, 168, 170, 172, 315, 328, 401
La Boquée 136, 137–8
Templar castles 128, 129
Tripoli, County of 5, 22, 64, 110, 128, 129, 136, 148, 149, 151, 192, 196, 253, 265, 269, 305, 309, 314, 316, 328
Troyes, Chrétien de 407
Troyes, Council of 49–55, 56, 63, 66
Turan 183–4
Turanshah 290, 291
Tyre 30, 304, 325
Tyre, William of see William of Tyre
Umayyads (Sunni caliphate) 38, 60
Unur, Mu’in ad-Din 100, 101
Urban II, Pope 20
Urs of Alneto 178, 179
Valencia 230, 389, 390
Venice 227, 239, 272, 332, 401
Via Maris 160
Victoria, Queen 403
Vienne, Council of 375, 380, 384, 386, 392–4
Villani, Giovanni 337
Wales 224, 370
Walter of Brienne, Count 278–9, 283
Walter the Chancellor 32
Walter of Mesnil 151–2, 411
Warmund of Picquigny 29, 34, 40
Wigand of Marburg 402
William of Beaujeu 318–19, 320–1, 322–3, 326, 396, 409
William, bishop of Tripoli 129
William of Bures 46
William of Chambonnet 383
William of Chartres 235, 241, 245
William of Châteauneuf 278
William, count of Nevers 50
William of Montferrat 170
William of Montredon 229
William of la More 387, 388–9
William of Nangis 396
William of Nogaret 346–7, 350, 351–2, 356, 358, 360, 371, 372, 374, 375, 381–2
William of Paris 356, 359, 360, 362
William of Plaisians 351, 371–2, 381–2
William of Sonnac 282, 283, 285, 287–8, 288–9
William of Tyre 47, 64, 110–11, 143, 408–9, 411
on Amalric’s Egyptian campaign 140–1
on the Assassins 149–50, 151
on Baldwin III’s death 134
on Bertand of Blancfort 135–6
on the fall of Edessa 80, 81
on Gaza 107
on Jacob’s Ford 161, 166
on the La Boquée raid 137
on the Mamluks 157
on Nasr al-Din 121, 122, 124
on Odo of Saint-Amand 162
on Robert of Craon 64–5
on the Second Crusade 86–7, 101, 105
on the siege of Ascalon 113, 114, 116, 118–19
on the siege of Damascus 102, 104
and the Third Lateran Council 152
on Walter of Mesnil 151, 152
William of Villiers 332
women
donations to the Templars 68, 69
nuns of Mühlen 390–1
in Templar houses 69–70
and the Templar Rule 55
Zengi, Imad al-Din 79–81, 100, 109, 145, 299
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