Holy blood, Holy Grail
By: Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln
Contributors: Leigh, Richard, 1943-; Lincoln, Henry
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 489
ISBN-13: 9780385338592
Subjects: Miscellanea; Templars; Grail; History
Description: Explores the information uncovered in mysterious parchments unearthed in a small French church that reveal new insight into the mystery of the Holy Grail.
Notes: Originally published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape in 1982. Now with a new introduction.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-448) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. THE MYSTERY: Village of Mystery: Rennes-le-Chateau and Berenger Sauniere; title: The possible treasures; title: Intrigue; title: The Cathars and the Great Heresy: The Albigensian crusade; title: The siege of Montsegur; title: The Cathar treasure; title: The mystery of the Cathars; title: The Warrior-Monks: Knights templar: the orthodox account, the mysteries, and the hidden side; title: Secret Documents; title: pt. 2. THE SECRET SOCIETY: The Order Behind the Scenes: The mystery surrounding the foundation of the Knights Templar; title: Louis VII and the Prieure de Sion; title: The "cutting of the elm" at Gisors; title: Ormus; title: The Prieure at Orleans; title: The "head" of the Templars; title: The grand masters of the Templars; title: The Grand Masters and the Underground Stream: Rene d'Anjou; title: Rene and the theme of Arcadia; title: The Rosicrucian Manifestos; title: The Stuart dynasty; title: Charles Nodier and his circle; title: Debussy and the Rose-Croix; title: Jean Cocteau; title: The 2 John XXIIIs; title: Conspiracy thru the centuries: The Prieure de Sion in France; title: The Dukes of Guise and Lorraine; title: The bid for the throne of France; title: The Compagnie du Saint-Sacrement; title: Chateau Barberie; title: Nicolas Fouquet; title: Nicolas Poussin; title: Rosslyn Chapel and Shugborough Hall; title: The pope's secret letter; title: The Rock of Sion; title: The Catholic modernist movement; title: The protocols of Sion; title: The Hieron du Vall d'Or; title: The secret society today: Alain Poher; title: The lost king; title: Curious pamphlets in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; title: The Catholic traditionalists; title: The convent of 1981 and Cocteau's statutes; title: M. Plantard de Saint-Clair; title: The politics of the Prieure de Sion; title: The long-haired monarchs: Legend and the Merovingians; title: The bear from Arcadia; title: The Sicambrians enter Gaul; title: Merovee and his descendants; title: Blood royal; title: Clovis and his pact w/the church; title: Dagobert II; title: The usurpation by the Carolingians; title: The exclusion of Dagobert II from history; title: Prince Guillem de Gellone, Comte de Razes; title: Prince Ursus; title: The grail family; title: The elusive mystery; title: The exiled tribe; title: pt. 3. THE BLOODLINE. The holy grail: The legend; title: The story of Wolfram von Eschenbach; title: The grail and cabalism; title: The play on words; title: The lost kings and the grail; title: The need to synthesize; title: The hypothesis; title: The priest-king who never ruled: Palestine at the time of Jesus; title: The history of the gospels; title: The marital status of Jesus; title: The wife of Jesus; title: The beloved disciple; title: The dynasty of Jesus; title: The crucifixion; title: Who was Barabbas?; title: The crucifixion in detail; title: The scenario; title: The secret the church forbade: The zealots; title: The gnostic writings; title: The grail dynasty: Judaism and the Merovingians; title: The principality in Septimania; title: The seed of David; title: Portents for the future; title: The alleged grand masters of the Prieure de Sion.