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Michael Baigent Richard Leigh Henry Lincoln 1 Leigh Henry Lincoln El enigma sagrado Michael Baigent Richard Colección Enigmas del Cristianismo Ediciones M. R. Argentina, S. A. luí Título original: The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, publicado por Jonathan Cape Ltd., LondresTraducción de Jordi Beltrán © 1982 by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln © 1985, Ediciones Martínez Roca S.A. © 1989 Ediciones M.R. Argentina S.A. ISBN 84 270-0972-0 ¡ Hecho el depósito que establece la ley 11.723 Se terminó de imprimir en el mes da febrero de 1989 en los talleres gráficos de LA PRENSA MÉDICA ARGENTINA S.R.L. Junín 845, Buenos Aires 2 Índice Agradecimientos Prólogo, por Juan G. Atienza .................................. Introducción ....................................................... Primera parte: El misterio 1. Pueblo de misterio .............................................. Rennes-le-Cháteauy Bérenguer Sauniére ................ Los posibles tesoros ............................................. La intriga ......................................................... 2. Los cataros y la gran herejía ................................. La cruzada contra los albigenses ............................ El sitio de Montségur ............................................ El tesoro cátaro ................................................. El misterio de los cataros ....................................... 3. Los monjes guerreros ........................................ Los caballeros templarios: la crónica ortodoxa .......... Los caballeros templarios: los misterios .................. Los caballeros templarios: el lado oculto .................. 4. Documentos secretos ........................................ SEGUNDA PARTE: La sociedad secreta La orden entre bastidores El misterio que envuelve la fundación de los caballeros Templarios .................................................... Luis VII y la Prieuréde Sion .................................. La «Tala del Olmo» en Gisors ............................... 3 Ormus............................................................... La Prieuré de Orléans ......................................... La «cabeza» de los templarios ............................. Los grandes maestres de los templarios ................... 6. Los grandes maestres y la corriente subterránea ...... Rene de Anjou .................................................... Rene y el tema de la Arcadia ................................ Los manifiestos rosacruces .................................. La dinastía Estuardo .......................................... Charles Nodier y su círculo .................................. Debussy y la Rose-Croix ...................................... Jean Cocteau ...................................................... Los dos Juan XXIII ............................................ 7. La conspiración a través de los siglos .................... La Prieuré de Sion en Francia ............................... Los duques de Guisa y Lorena ............................... La tentativa de apoderarse del trono de Francia ......... La Compagnie du Saint-Sacrement ....................... Cháteau Barberie ............................................... Nicolás Fouquet ................................................... Nicolás Poussin ................................................. Rosslyn Chapel y Shugborough Hall ........................ La carta secreta del papa ................. .................... La Roca de Sion ................................................. El movimiento modernista católico ....................... Los protocolos de Sion ....................................... La Hiéron du Vald’Or ..................................... 8. La sociedad secreta hoy día ................................ Alain Poher ...................................................... El rey perdido ..................................................... Opúsculos curiosos en la Bibliothéque Nationale de París . Los tradicionalistas católicos ................................ El convento de 1981 y los estatutos de Cocteau ........ El señor Plantará de Saint-Clair .............................. Las ideas políticas de la Prieuré de Sion .................. 4 9. Los monarcas melenudos .................................... La leyenda y los merovingios .................................. El oso de la Arcadia .............................................. Los sicambros entran en la Galia ............................ Meroveo y sus descendientes ................................. Sangre real ....................................................... Clodoveo y su pacto con la Iglesia ......................... Dagoberto II ...................................................... La usurpación por parte de los carolingios ............... La exclusión de Dagoberto 11 de la historia ................ El príncipe Guillem de Gellone, conde de Razés ........ El príncipe Ursus .............................................. La familia del Grial ............................................ El misterio elusivo ............................................ 10. La tribu exiliada ............................................... Tercera parte: La estirpe 11. El Santo Grial ................................................. La leyenda del Santo Grial.................................... La narración de Wolfram von Eschenbach ............... El Grial y el cabalismo ....................................... El juego de palabras ........................................... Los reyes perdidos y el Grial ................................. La necesidad de sintetizar .................................. Nuestra hipótesis................................................ 12. El rey-sacerdote que jamás gobernó ................... Palestina en tiempos de Jesús ............................. La historia de los evangelios ................................ El estado civil de Jesús ........................................ La esposa de Jesús ........................................... El discípulo amado ........................................... La dinastía de Jesús .......................................... La crucifixión ................................................... ¿Quién era Barrabás? ........................................ 5 La crucifixión en detalle .................................... El «guión» ........................................................ 13. El secreto que la Iglesia prohibió .......................... Los zelotes ..................................................... Los escritos gnósticos ....................................... 14. La dinastía del Grial ......................................... El judaísmo y los merovingios ............................ El principado de Septimania ................................ La semilla de David ............................................ 15. Conclusión y portentos para el futuro .................... APÉNDICE: LOS supuestos grandes maestres de la Prieuré de Sion .......................................................... Bibliografía .......................................................... Notas y referencias .............................................. Índice de nombres ................................................. Índice de ilustraciones .......................................... Lejour du mi-été tranquille Brule au centre de l’estoile, Oú miroitée la mare dedans Son coeur doré Nymphaea montre clair. Nostres dames adorées Dans l’heure fleurie Dissoudent les ombres ténébreuses du temps. JEHAN ASCUIZ Agradecimientos Desearíamos expresar nuestro especial agradecimiento a Ann Evans, pues sin ella no hubiera sido posible escribir el presente libro. También quisiéramos dar las gracias a las siguientes personas: Jehan l’Ascuiz, Robert Beer, Ean Begg, Dave Bennett, Colin Bloy, Juliet Burke, Henri Buthion, Jean-Luc Chaumeil, Philippe de Ché-risey, Jonathan Clowes, Shirley Collins, Chris Cornford, Painton Cowan, Roy Davies, Liz Flower, Janice Glaholm, John Glover, Liz Greene, Margaret Hill, Renee Hinchley, Judy Holland, Paul John-stone, Patrick Lichfield, Douglas Lockhart, Guy Lovel, Jane McGi-llivray, Andrew Maxwell-Hyslop, Pam Morris, Les Olbinson, Pierre Plantard de Saint-Clair, Bob Roberts, David Rolfe, John Saúl, 6 Gé-rard de Sede, Rosalie Siegel, John Sinclair, Jeanne Thomason, Louis Vazart, Colin Waldeck, Anthony Wall, Andy Whitaker, el personal de la sala de lectura del Museo Británico y los habitantes de Rennes-le-Cháteau. Las fotografías nos fueron facilitadas amablemente por: AGRA-CI, París, 35; Archives Nationales, París, 16º; Michael Baigent, Londres, 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, 33; Bibliothéque Nationale, París, 27, 28, 29; Michel Bouffard, Carca-sona, 4; W. Braun, Jerusalén, 11, 13; British Library, Londres, 9, 166, 34; Courtauld Institute of Art, Londres, 10; Devonshire Collec-tion, Chatsworth (reproducida con permiso de los administradores del Chatsworth Settlement), 21; Jean Dieuzaide/YAN photo, Tou-louse, 8; Gallería Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Roma, 20; Patrick Lichfield, Londres, 23; Henry Lincoln, Londres, 3; Museo Británico, Londres (reproducida con autorización de los administradores del Museo Británico), 32; Museo del Louvre, París, 22; Ost. Nationalbi-bliothek, Viena, 19. Nos dieron permiso para citar extractos de diversas obras y publicaciones: la revista Le Charivari, París, para material tomado de su número 18, «Les Archives du Prieuré de Sion»; Víctor Gollancz, Londres, y Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., Nueva York, para el material que se especifica en las páginas 291-293, y que procede de las páginas 14-17 de
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