Holy Blood, Holy Grail

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Author: Michael Baigent

ISBN-10: 0385338457

ISBN-13: 9780385338455

Category: Religious Orders - General & Miscellaneous Roman Catholic

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Is the traditional, accepted view of the life of Christ in some way incomplete?Is it possible Christ did not die on the cross?Is it possible Jesus was married, a father, and that his bloodline still exists?Is it possible that parchments found in the South of France a century ago reveal one of the best-kept secrets of Christendom?Is it possible that these parchments contain the very heart of the mystery of the Holy Grail?According to the authors of this extraordinarily provocative, meticulously researched book, not only are these things possible they are probably true! so revolutionary, so original, so convincing, that the most faithful Christians will be moved; here is the book that has sparked worldwide controversey.

Introduction23Part 1The Mystery1Village of Mystery31Rennes-le-Chateau and Berenger Sauniere31The Possible Treasures39The Intrigue432The Cathars and the Great Heresy48The Albigensian Crusade49The Siege of Montsegur55The Cathar Treasure57The Mystery of the Cathars613The Warrior-Monks64Knights Templar--The Orthodox Account65Knights Templar--The Mysteries78Knights Templar--The Hidden Side864Secret Documents96Part 2The Secret Society5The Order Behind the Scenes111The Mystery Surrounding the Foundation of the Knights Templar115Louis VII and the Prieure de Sion118The "Cutting of the Elm" at Gisors119Ormus121The Prieure at Orleans125The "Head" of the Templars126The Grand Masters of the Templars1276The Grand Masters and the Underground Stream131Rene d'Anjou136Rene and the Theme of Arcadia138The Rosicrucian Manifestos141The Stuart Dynasty145Charles Nodier and His Circle150Debussy and the Rose-Croix127Jean Cocteau157The Two John XXIIIs1597Conspiracy Through the Centuries162The Prieure de Sion in France164The Dukes of Guise and Lorraine166The Bid for the Throne of France171The Compagnie du Saint-Sacrement173Chateau Barberie177Nicolas Fouquet178Nicolas Poussin180Rosslyn Chapel and Shugborough Hall183The Pope's Secret Letter184The Rock of Sion185The Catholic Modernist Movement187The Protocols of Sion190The Hieron du Val d'Or1958The Secret Society Today201Alain Poher204The Lost King205Curious Pamphlets in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris207The Catholic Traditionalists210The Convent of 1981 and Cocteau's Statutes214M. Plantard de Saint-Clair220The Politics of the Prieure de Sion2279The Long-haired Monarchs234Legend and the Merovingians234The Bear from Arcadia237The Sicambrians Enter Gaul239Merovee and His Descendants239Blood Royal241Clovis and His Pact with the Church242Dagobert II245The Usurpation by the Carolingians253The Exclusion of Dagobert II from History257Prince Guillem de Gellone, Comte de Razes259Prince Ursus261The Grail Family265The Elusive Mystery26910The Exiled Tribe271Part 3The Bloodline11The Holy Grail283The Legend of the Holy Grail285The Story of Wolfram von Eschenbach292The Grail and Cabalism303The Play on Words305The Lost Kings and the Grail306The Need to Synthesize309The Hypothesis31312The Priest-King Who Never Ruled316Palestine at the Time of Jesus322The History of the Gospels327The Marital Status of Jesus330The Wife of Jesus333The Beloved Disciple338The Dynasty of Jesus344The Crucifixion347Who Was Barabbas?350The Crucifixion in Detail352The Scenario35713The Secret the Church Forbade360The Zealots369The Gnostic Writings37814The Grail Dynasty383Judaism and the Merovingians387The Principality in Septimania389The Seed of David39515Conclusion and Portents for the Future398AppendixThe Alleged Grand Masters of the Prieure de Sion415Bibliography439Notes and References449Index477