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Eschiva, Countess of Tripoli 172

Ethiopia 337

Etienne of Suisy 229–30

Eugenius III, Pope 104, 114, 116, 119

Eulogian Club 280

Everard des Barres, Master of the Temple in France 120, 121

Ezekiel’s Temple 20

 

The Falcon
(galley) 203

Fatimids 66, 67, 83, 86

Ferdinand of Aragon 246

fiction

modern Templar themes 329–40

mythological literature 253–5, 329

films, Templar themes 340–44

finances of the Templars 101, 109, 130–32

financial services 119, 140–42, 144

fortresses
see
castles and fortresses

Foucault’s Pendulum
(1988) 252, 282, 330–31, 335

founding members of the Templars 95–6, 98, 108–9

Frale, Barbara 232, 238

France 307, 308
see also
Paris Temple

Franklin, Benjamin 273, 275

Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 185–8

Freemasonry

in Britain 262, 263
illus
, 268

in France 262–4

in Germany 264

information sources 351–2, 358

initiation ritual 277

link to the Templars 262–70

origins 259, 261

in Scotland 265, 268–70

‘traditional history’ 269

and United States 273–6, 279, 280

French monarchy

financial association 141, 144

support for Outremer 197

French Revolution 265–7

Fulcher of Chartres 75, 92

Fulk, King of Jerusalem 112

Fulk V, Count of Anjou 96, 99

Fulk of Villaret, Grand Master 214–15

 

Galilee 170–71

Gama, Vasco da 246–7, 248

gaming, Templar themes 346

Gassicour, Charles de 265–6, 278

Gaza 132, 178

Geoffrey Bissot 108

Geoffrey of Charney, Master of Normandy 230, 236–8, 310
illus

Geoffrey of Gonneville, Master of Poitou and Aquitaine 230, 236–7

Gerard of Ridefort, Grand Master

acclaim upon death 182–3

battle of Hattin 173, 176

elected 169

and Springs of Cresson disaster 171, 173, 177

surrender of Gaza 178

Glastonbury 117

Gnosticism 148–9, 357–8

Godfrey of Bouillon 78, 84
illus
, 85, 88
illus
, 91, 167

Godfrey of Saint-Omer 95, 101

Golgotha (Calvary) 68, 288

Gondemar (knight) 109

Grail
see
Holy Grail

Grand Chapter 129

Grand Master 104, 129, 152, 157

Assassins’ view of 152

Grave Digger (band) 346

Gregory the Great, Pope 96

Gregory VII, Pope 71–2

Gregory IX, Pope 186–7

Gualdim Pais, Grand Master of Portugal 314, 316

Guibert de Nogent 75, 76–7, 78

Guillou, Jan 335

Gunther, bishop of Bamberg 70

Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem 169–70, 171–5, 177, 204

 

Hadrian, Emperor 294

al-Hakim, Caliph 70, 96, 289

HammerFall (band) 346

al-Haram al-Sharif
see
Temple Mount

Hattin, battle of 170–77, 175
illus

al-Hawari 176

Helena, Empress 43–4, 288

Henry Ffykeis 235

Henry the Navigator, Prince 246, 247
illus
, 248, 315, 316

Henry I, King of England 101

Henry II, King of Cyprus 200–201

Henry II, King of England 253, 319

Henry VIII, King of England 243, 320

Heraclius, Emperor 48

Heraclius, Patriarch of Jerusalem 169, 178, 319

Hereford Cathedral 318

heresy

charge against the Templars 218–38

early Christian 59–62

historical sources 351

medieval 145–9, 209

Herod the Great’s Temple 17, 19, 24
illus
, 290, 294, 296

Hiram, King of Tyre 20, 33–4, 258

Hiram (Abiff) (widow’s son) 37–8, 258–9, 277, 278
illus

The Hiram Key
(1997) 270, 271, 352

Historia Rerum in Partibus

Transmarinis Gestarum
(William of Tyre) 107, 108
illus

historical sources

alternative Templar history 352

Bible 19–22

crusades 349

Freemasons 351–2

heresies 351

Holy Grail 351

Israel 21, 25

Jerusalem and Temple Mount 350

Middle East 350

pilgrimages 348

Pope Urban II’s speech 75–7

Templar activity 98–9, 106–110, 136, 249–50, 347–8, 350

the Templars and Saladin 176–7

see also
Bible; Koran

History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea
(William of Tyre) 107, 108
illus

History of Free Masonry
(1859) 269–70

History of the World
(1614) 276

The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail
(1982) 270, 329, 330, 343, 353

Holy Grail 44, 254–5, 254
illus
, 351, 357

in fiction 253–4, 255, 329, 336

in film 342

Honorius II, Pope 100

Honorius III, Pope 219

horses 97, 98
illus
, 102, 128, 131, 158–9

see also
Stables of Solomon

Hospitallers
see
Knights Hospitallers of St John

Hubert de Pérraud, Visitor 232

Hugh, Count of Champagne 100–101

Hugh of Pairaud, Visitor 223, 230, 236–7

Hugh of Payns, Grand Master 95–6, 99–101, 289–90, 319

Hulagu (Mongol leader) 210

Hussein (Mohammed’s descendent) 67

 

Iberian peninsula, and Templars 105–6

Ibn al-Arabi 86

Ibn al-Faqih 160, 293

Ibn Jubayr 153

Ibn Khaldun 190

Ile des Javiaux, Paris 311

Imad al-Din (Saladin’s secretary) 176, 177, 184

In Praise of the New Knighthood
(Bernard of Clairvaux) 103–4, 194

Indiana Jones
film trilogy 341–2

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
331

Raiders of the Lost Ark
36

initiation ceremony

Freemasons 277

Knights Templar 218, 218
illus
, 220, 228–9, 233

Innocent II, Pope 104

Innocent III, Pope 148

Inquisition 219, 222, 222–3, 224, 226

Isabella of Castile 246

Islam

battle of Lepanto 242–3

direction of prayer 52, 56

divisions within 93, 149–50

early Christian view of 61–2

hegira
/migration 48, 52

historical sources 51, 53–6

Islamic imperialism 58–9, 65–6

jihad
/holy war 53

Shia 66–7, 150, 209

and Solomon 30–31

Sunni 66–7, 71, 150, 209

Ismail, of Damascus 189–90

Ismaili movement 150

see also
Assassins

Israel 25, 286

historical sources for 21, 25

Israelites 23–4

Itinerarium Regis Ricardi
(c.1191) 171, 177, 182

Ivanhoe
(1819) 328, 330, 332, 345

 

Jachin (pillar) 37, 38
illus
, 258

Jacobite Church 59–60

Jacobus de Voragine 118

Jaffa 84, 178, 182

Jaime II, King of Aragon 245–6, 311

James of Molay, Grand Master

desire for new crusade 210, 215–16

fictionalised 330, 331, 333, 339

and French royal family 216

inauguration 208
illus

on initiation ceremonies 228

myths after death 264, 265, 266
illus

Papal absolution 229–33

sentencing and death 236–8, 237
illus
, 265, 310
illus
, 311

trial 216, 223–4, 226

on unification with Hospitallers 215–16

al-Jebel, Sheikh 151

Jebusites 23

Jecks, Michael 331

Jefferson, Thomas, President 273

Jeremiah 35, 36

Jerusalem, city of

capture by Saladin 178–80

Church of the Holy Sepulchre 43

city walls 287–8

and Crusades 83–6, 90

map
, 288

early history 22–30, 29
illus
, 31–2, 39–40, 64
illus

Fatimid control 83, 96

and Frederick II 187–8

historical sources 350

and Islam 56–7

Islamic conquests 49–50, 53–4, 190, 288

Islamic Museum 297

sacred origins 22–3

see also
Church of the Holy Sepulchre; Temple Mount

Jerusalem, Kingdom of

and Crusaders 91, 132

extent of 92

and Saladin 165–80

Templar Commander 129

Jewish Essenes 264

Jews, in Europe 267

John, King of England 141, 143, 319

John the Baptist 68, 264

John of Brienne, King of Jerusalem 185, 186

John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch 245

John of Damascus 60

John Tzimiskes, Emperor 65

John XXII, Pope 246

Johnson, George Frederick 264–5

Joscelyn II, Count of Edessa 114

Joseph of Arimathea 68, 117

Journal of Medieval History
, Chinon Parchment 232

 

Kamal al-Din 153

al-Kamil, Sultan of Egypt 185, 187

Kerry, John 281

Khorezmians 190, 191, 290

Khoury, Raymond 338

Kingdom Of Heaven
film 343–4

Knight, Christopher 271, 339, 352

Knights of the Cross
album 346

Knights Hospitallers of St John

archives 250

in England 320

foundation 96

and Malta 242–3

nature of 130

and Rhodes 215, 216, 242, 243
illus
, 244

in Spain 105

tarnished reputation 243

and the Templars 163, 214–16, 236, 323

Knights Templars
see
Templars

Kolossi castle 249
illus

Koran 55–6

Koran 4:171
55, 292

Koran 17:1
30, 56, 291, 295

Koran 22:39–40
30

Koran 27:17
30

Koran 38: 35–36
30

Krak des Chevaliers castle 126
illus
, 134, 181, 195, 200, 304–5, 305
illus

Kurtz, Katherine 331

 

La Feve castle 134–5, 170–71

La Forbie 191–2

Labyrinth
(2005) 336–7

Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart
(12th c.) 253

Landolfo Brancacci 229–30

‘Langdon, Robert’ (
Angels and Demons
) 276

The Last Knight
(TV) 345

The Last Templar
(2005) 331, 338

The Last of the Templars
(1972) 330, 334–5

Latakia 200

Latin Rule of the Templars 101–2

Laurie, Alexander 269–70

Le Tombeau de Jacques Molay
(1796) 265

Legenda Aurea
(Jacobus de Voragine) 118–19

Leigh, Richard 342, 352

L’Enfant, Pierre Charles 275

Leo X, Pope 332

Leopold, Duke of Austria 185

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

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