1 1125. An oak table in a large hall in a small county named
Portugale . . .
2 1095. November. In the Auvergne, a mountainous region in
central France . . .
3 1096. August. Constantinople, capital of the Holy Roman
empire . . .
4 1096. August. With the northern army, preparing to depart
. . .
5 1098. On the desert road near Antioch . . .
6 140 BC. In a land in western Iberia called Lusitania . .
.
7 1099. June. Outside the gates of Jerusalem . . .
8 Thirty years earlier. Orval. A town downriver from
Bouillon . . .
9 1114. Braga. A very old city in Portugale . . .
10 1100. Jerusalem. In the palace of the new king . . .
11 1100. Braga. Hearing foreign voices . . .
12 1117. Bethlehem. At a ceremony . . .
13 1117. Guimarães. In the court of Countess Tareja . .
.
14 1126. Clairvaux. A very, very, very modest abbey in
Champagne . . .
15 Seven Years Earlier. Clairvaux. A special moment on June 24
. . .
16 1125. Late Autumn. Porto. Disembarking after a long sea
voyage . . .
17 1127. Autumn. Aboard a galley in the Mediterranean . . .
18 1128. April. Braga. An office where lots of documents are
signed . . .
19 1128. January. A major gathering at Troyes, a town in
Champagne . . .
20 1128. Back in Clairvaux. Upon the conclusion of the
conclave . . .
21 1128. April. A chamber in the royal residence of
Guimarães . . .
22 1128. Meanwhile in Champagne . . .
23 1128. June 24 A battlefield outside Guimarães . . .
24 1129. March. Afonso reveals himself . . .
25 1139. Ourique. Preparing to battle the Moors . . .
26 1139. Clairvaux. Early dawn, outside the chapel . . .
INTERMEZZO
27 1867. Jaffa. A mule train heading toward Jerusalem . .
.
28 1146. Coimbra. At home with Afonso and his new bride . .
.
29 1147. April. Braga. The mysterious Prior Arnaldo in his
new abode . . .
30 1119. Temple Mount. A tunnel, eighty feet beneath . .
.
31 1147. Braga. Gualdino Paes also moves into his new
domicile . . .
32 1121. Saint-Omer. In the home of a cryptographer named
Lambert . . .
33 1947. Qumran. Two goatherds, in a cave, by the Dead Sea .
. .
34 1159. Ceras. A pile of rubble near a dilapidated town . .
.
35 68 AD. Mount Sion. Men in white, hiding scrolls and other
important things . . .
36 1159. Coimbra. The king of Portugal’s desk, part I . .
.
37 1159. Coimbra. The king of Portugal’s desk, part II . .
.
38 1159. Coimbra. The king of Portugal’s desk, part III . .
.
39 1160. March 1. A dawn ceremony on the promontory above
Thamar . . .
40 Present Era. April. Inside the rotunda of Tomar . . .
41 1865. The Vatican. Pope Pius IX gets all steamed up . .
.
42 Present Era. April. By the rotunda, amid the secrets of
the beehive . . .
43 Present Era. April. Musing outside the beehive . . .
44 1165. Monsanto. Peculiar behavior on an unusual hill . .
.
45 Present Era. Monsanto. And other places for musing . .
.
46 1147. Sintra. A funny thing happens on the way to the
castle . . .
47 Present Era. Sintra. In the Forest of Angels . . .
48 Present Era. April. In the shadow of a statue in Tomar .
. .
49 1153. Gossip in the alleyways of Jerusalem . . .
50 1312. Southern Portugal. The templars enjoy a six-year
vacation . . .
51 Present Era. Aksum. A feast day when the Tabotat are seen
in daylight . . .
52 Present Era. Tomar. Staring at the rotunda . . .
53 Present Era. A circular hall in a small country named
Portugal . . .
EPILOGUE
Lusitania. Where knowledge is stored, guarded by a goddess whose
symbol is a triangle . . .
Notes
Bibliography
Image Credits
Index
About the Author
Freddy Silva is a leading researcher of alternative history, ancient knowledge, sacred sites, and the interaction between temples and consciousness. He has appeared on Discovery Channel, BBC, and Coast to Coast AM radio. He is the author of 5 books, including The Lost Art of Resurrection, and lives in Portland, Maine.
“In this well-told story, author Freddy Silva has filled a
long-standing need for a real understanding of the Templars’ early
history, their search for treasure in the Temple of Solomon, and
the creation of an independent Portugal with a Templar knight as
king. First Templar Nation is a fascinating contribution to the
body of knowledge of the Order.”
*Steven Sora, author of The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar*
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