文档介绍：The Templars
The History and the Myth
Michael Haag
To Jon Buller and Susan Schade
les châtelains de Mont Becket
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 work
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 o