The Knights Templar

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1. The Knights Templar
2. Acknowledgements
3. Introduction: The Temple and the Myth
4. The Rise of the Order of the Temple (1119 –45)
5. The First Temple
6. The Temple and the Mosque
7. The First Crusade
8. The New Knighthood
9. The Council of Troyes
10. ‘A Certain New Monster’
11. Papal Approval: The Three Bulls
12. A Church within a Church, a State within a State (1145 –1291)
13. The Second Crusade
14. The Temple as Bankers
15. The Structure of the Order
16. Gaza and Ascalon
17. The Templars in the West
18. The Temple and the Crescent Moon
19. The Temple as Architects
20. The Loss of Jerusalem
21. The Third Crusade
22. The Templars at the turn of the Thirteenth Century
23. The Other Military Orders
24. Military Tactics
25. The Temple and the Empire
26. The Fall of Acre
27. Fall and Trial (1291 –1314)
28. The Templars after 1291
29. The Arrests
30. The Trial
31. The End of the Order
32. Templar Mysteries
33. The Mystery of Templar Origins
34. The Temple and the Temple Mount
35. The Temple and the Grail
36. The Temple and the Arab World
37. The Temple and Heresy
38. The Head of the Templars
39. The Templars after 1314
40. A Fable Agreed Upon
41. Endnotes
42. Appendix I: Chronology
43. Appendix II: Grand Masters of the Temple
44. Appendix III: The Charges Against the Templars
45. Bibliography