Holy Blood, Holy Grail
| Book | The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail |
| Publisher | Dell Publishing Co., Inc. |
| First Published by | Jonathan Cape Ltd |
| Copyright Holder | Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, Henry Lincoln |
| Reprinted with/by arrangement with | Delacorte Press |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | United States of America |
| Copyright | 1982 |
| Copyright | 1983 |
| This Impression | 1983-02 |
| Pages / Font | 489 pages |
| Price | $7.99 |
| ISBN 10 | 0-440-13648-2 |
| Barcode | 9 780440 136484 (inner front cover) |
| EAN 5 | 50799 (inner front cover) |
| Other | S |
| Printer's Key | 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 |
| Other | 43 |
| Other | OPM |
| Barcode | 0 71009 00799 4 (back cover) |
| EAN 5 | 13648 (back cover) |
| Chapters | 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 |
| Notes | Published by Dell Publishing a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc. 1540 Broadway New York, New York 10036 WITH NEW MATERIAL UNPUBLISHED IN THE ORIGINAL HARDCOVER EDITION 24 pages of photographs |
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