Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- The Contexts -- THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON -- The Temple of Solomon -- Sacred Origins of Jerusalem -- The Promised Land -- King David's City -- The Ark of the Covenant -- The Threshing Floor of Zion -- The Empire of David and Solomon -- Solomon Builds the Temple -- King Hiram of Tyre -- The Widow's Son -- A House for the Name of God -- The End of the Temple -- THE NEW CHRISTIAN EMPIRE -- Pilgrimages to the Holy Land -- Constantine and Arianism -- Byzantines, Persians and Jihad -- THE MUSLIM CONQUESTS -- From Revelation to Jihad -- Problems with Islamic History -- Islamic Imperialism and Flourishing Christian Heresies -- THE FIRST CRUSADE -- Arab Divisions and Decline -- Perilous Pilgrimages -- The Turkish Invasion: Byzantium Appeals to the West -- Pope Urban's Call -- Taking the Cross -- The First Wave: The People's Crusade -- The Second Wave: The Princes Lead the Way East -- The Reconquest of Jerusalem -- The Rise (1099 to 1150) -- ORIGINS OF THE TEMPLARS -- The Kingdom of Jerusalem -- Outremer and Its Muslim Neighbours -- The Crusaders and Byzantium -- Fear and Massacre on the Roads -- The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon -- Templar Mission to the West -- Saviours of the East and Defenders of All Christendom -- THE SECOND CRUSADE -- Muslim Friends and Allies -- The Fall of Edessa -- Bernard Launches the Second Crusade -- The Templars' Role in the Crusade -- Fiasco at Damascus -- The Bitter Aftertaste -- The Power (1150-1291) -- CRUSADER CASTLES -- A Power Unto Themselves -- Templar Castles -- MERCHANT BANKERS -- The Templars' Ports and Mediterranean Trade -- The Templar Banking Network -- International Financial Services -- Vulnerable Relationships with Kings -- MEDIEVAL HERESY -- Templars and Cathars -- The Gnostics -- Islamic Dualism -- The Assassins.

The Templars and the Old Man of the Mountain -- SALADIN AND THE TEMPLARS -- Amalric's Egyptian Campaigns -- Templar Relations with the Kingdom of Jerusalem -- The Rise of Saladin -- Factions in Outremer -- The Springs of Cresson -- The Horns of Hattin -- Saladin Takes Jerusalem -- Looking Back at the Temple Mount -- HOLDING ON -- Jerusalem Again -- The Rise of the Mamelukes -- Catastrophe at La Forbie and the Seventh Crusade -- Templar Plans for Defending the Holy Land -- The Fall of Acre -- The Last Templars in the East -- The Fall (1291-1314) -- EXILE FROM THE HOLY LAND -- Dreams and New Realities -- Waiting for the Mongols -- Philip IV, the Most Christian King -- Pope Clement's New Crusade, King Philip's New Order -- The Last Days -- THE TRIAL -- Accusations and Defamation -- The King's Motives -- Spies, Tortures and Confessions -- The Pope Acts -- Deadlock Between Pope and King -- The Pope Hears the Strange Testimony of the Templars -- The Mystery of Chinon -- The Chinon Parchment -- The Templars Rally -- The Suppression of the Templars -- The Burning of James of Molay -- The Aftermath -- SURVIVALS -- The Survival of the Hospitallers -- The Templars in Britain -- Spain - the Order of Montesa -- The Order of Christ in Portugal -- The Templar Archives -- CONSPIRACIES -- The Immediate Reaction -- The Romance of the Templars -- Templars and Witchcraft -- Solomon's Temple and the Freemasons -- Enlightenment and Mystery -- Freemasons and Templars -- The Revenge of James of Molay -- A Scottish History for the Knights Templar -- The Templars Discover America -- The New World Order -- Skull and Bones -- The Templars Forever -- Locations -- OUTREMER -- Israel -- Syria -- EUROPE -- France -- Spain -- Portugal -- Britain -- Templarism -- BORN AGAIN TEMPLARS -- Rise of the Templar Literary Phenomenon -- Templar Novels -- The Templars in Movies.

Templars on TV -- Templars Rock -- Templar Gaming -- FURTHER READING -- History of the Templars -- Medieval Pilgrimages -- History of the Crusades -- Crusader Castles -- Jerusalem and the Temple Mount -- History of the Middle East -- Templar Locations in Britain -- The Holy Grail -- The Cathars, Dualism and Other Heresies -- Freemasons -- Alternative History -- WEBSITES -- Ancient and Medieval History Resources -- The Crusades -- The Templars -- The Chinon Parchment -- Jerusalem -- The Ark of the Covenant -- The Holy Grail -- Gnosticism, Catharism and the Occult -- Freemasons -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- CHRONOLOGY -- PICTURE CREDITS -- A NOTE ON NAMES.