The Knights Templar Acknowledgements Introduction: The Temple and the Myth The Rise of the Order of the Temple (1119–45) The First Temple The Temple and the Mosque The First Crusade The New Knighthood The Council of Troyes ‘A Certain New Monster’ Papal Approval: The Three Bulls A Church within a Church, a State within a State (1145–1291) The Second Crusade The Temple as Bankers The Structure of the Order Gaza and Ascalon The Templars in the West The Temple and the Crescent Moon The Temple as Architects The Loss of Jerusalem The Third Crusade The Templars at the turn of the Thirteenth Century The Other Military Orders Military Tactics The Temple and the Empire The Fall of Acre Fall and Trial (1291–1314) The Templars after 1291 The Arrests The Trial The End of the Order Templar Mysteries The Mystery of Templar Origins The Temple and the Temple Mount The Temple and the Grail The Temple and the Arab World The Temple and Heresy The Head of the Templars The Templars after 1314 A Fable Agreed Upon Endnotes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 Appendix I: Chronology Appendix II: Grand Masters of the Temple Appendix III: The Charges Against the Templars Bibliography
Acknowledgements Thanks are due to Nicholas Mark Harding, for lending me certain not-so-ancient tomes on this occasion, Mike Paine for the usual moral support, and Richard Leigh, for his advice relating to matters discussed in Chapter 4.