The Templars (38 page)

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 Sablé, 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