The Templars (46 page)
Authors: Michael Haag
c1760
George Frederick Johnson states that Freemasons are the direct heirs of the Templars.
1776American Declaration of Independence.
1789Outbreak of the French Revolution.
1793Louis XVI goes to the guillotine; ‘James of Molay is avenged!’
1797Augustin Barruel blames the Templars and Freemasons for the French Revolution.
1843Scottish masonic order of Knights Templar invents the myth of the Templars at Bannockburn.
1844James Smith, founder of the Mormons, is killed by a mob.
2001Discovery of the Chinon Parchment in the Vatican Secret Archives.
The names of all persons in this book have been rendered into English forms, so Hugues de Payns, one of the founders of the Templars, is Hugh of Payns; Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Templars, is James of Molay; and Guillaume de Nogaret, the persecutor of the Templars, is William of Nogaret. Similarly Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub is simply Saladin.
With acknowledgment—and thanks—to Paul Simpson for his contribution to the chapter Born Again Templars: Templars in Popular Culture.
The journalism of historian, writer, and photographer
MICHAEL HAAG
has appeared in newspapers and magazines throughout America, Great Britain, and Egypt, including the
Sunday Times
(London), the
Los Angeles Times
, and
Vogue
. He is the author of
Alexandria: City of Memory
, as well as the U.K. bestsellers
The Rough Guide to Tutankhamun
and
The Rough Guide to “The Da Vinci Code.”
Born in New York City, he lives in London.
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