Holy Blood, Holy Grail

Introduction to the Paperback Edition 10 Introduction 23   PART ONE THE MYSTERY 1 Village of Mystery 31  Rennes-le-Château and Bérenger Saunière 31  The Possible Treasures 39  The Intrigue 43 2 The Cathars and the Great Heresy 48  The Albigensian Crusade 49  The Siege of Montségur 55  The Cathar Treasure 57  The Mystery of the Cathars 61 3 The Warrior-Monks 64  Knights Templar—The Orthodox Account 65  Knights Templar—The Mysteries 78  Knights Templar—The Hidden Side 86 4 Secret Documents 96   PART TWO THE SECRETY SOCIETY 5 The Order Behind the Scenes 111  The Mystery Surrounding the Foundation of   the Knights Templar 115  Louis VII and the Prieuré de Sion 118  The "Cutting of the Elm" at Gisors 119  Ormus 121  The Prieuré at Orléans 125  The "Head" of the Templars 126  The Grand Masters of the Templars 127 6 The Grand Masters and the Underground Stream 131  René d'Anjou 136  René and the Theme of Arcadia 138  The Rosicrucian Manifestos 141  The Stuart Dynasty 145  Charles Nodier and His Circle 150  Debussy and the Rose-Croix 127  Jean Cocteau 157  The Two John XXIIIs 159 7 Conspiracy Through the Centuries 162  The Prieuré de Sion in France 164  The Dukes of Guise and Lorraine 166  The Bid for the Throne of France 171  The Compagnie du Saint-Sacrement 173  Château Barberie 177  Nicolas Fouquet 178  Nicolas Poussin 180  Rosslyn Chapel and Shugborough Hall 183  The Pope's Secret Letter 184  The Rock of Sion 185  The Catholic Modernist Movement 187  The Protocols of Sion 190  The Hiéron du Val d'Or 195 8 The Secret Society Today 201  Alain Poher 204  The Lost King 205  Curious Pamphlets in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris 207  The Catholic Traditionalists 210  The Convent of 1981 and Cocteau's Statutes 214  M. Plantard de Saint-Clair 220  The Politics of the Prieuré de Sion 227 9 The Long-haired Monarchs 234  Legend and the Merovingians 234  The Bear from Arcadia 237  The Sicambrians Enter Gaul 239  Merovée and His Descendants 239  Blood Royal 241  Clovis and His Pact with the Church 242  Dagobert II 245  The Usurpation by the Carolingians 253  The Exclusion of Dagobert II from History 257  Prince Guillem de Gellone, Comte de Razès 259  Prince Ursus 261  The Grail Family 265  The Elusive Mystery 269 10 The Exiled Tribe 271   PART THREE THE BLOODLINE 11 The Holy Grail 283  The Legend of the Holy Grail 285  The Story of Wolfram von Eschenbach 292  The Grail and Cabalism 303  The Play on Words 305  The Lost Kings and the Grail 306  The Need to Synthesize 309  The Hypothesis 313 12 The Priest-King Who Never Ruled 316  Palestine at the Time of Jesus 322  The History of the Gospels 327  The Marital Status of Jesus 330  The Wife of Jesus 333  The Beloved Disciple 338  The Dynasty of Jesus 344  The Crucifixion 347  Who Was Barabbas? 350  The Crucifixion in Detail 352  The Scenario 357 13 The Secret the Church Forbade 360  The Zealots 369  The Gnostic Writings 378 14 The Grail Dynasty 383  Judaism and the Merovingians 387  The Principality in Septimania 389  The Seed of David 395 15 Conclusion and Portents for the Future 398 Appendix: The Alleged Grand Masters of the  Prieuré de Sion 415 Bibliography 439 Notes and References 449 Index 477