| [CHAPTER I.] |
State of the World in the Seventh Century—Western
Empire—Eastern Empire—Persia—Arabia—Mohammed—His
probable Motives—Character of his Religion—The
Koran | 13 |
| [CHAPTER II.] |
Origin of the Khalifat—The first Khalifs—Extent of the
Arabian Empire—Schism among the Mohammedans—Soonees
and Sheähs—Sects of the latter—The Keissanee—The
Zeidites—The Ghoollat—The Imamee—Sects
of the Imamee—Their political Character—The
Carmathites—Origin of the Fatimite Khalifs—Secret
Society at Cairo—Doctrines taught in it—Its Decline | 24 |
| [CHAPTER III.] |
Ali of Rei—His son Hassan Sabah—Hassan sent to
study at Nishaboor—Meets there Omar Khiam and
Nizam-al-Moolk—Agreement made by them—Hassan
introduced by Nizam to Sultan Malek Shah—Obliged
to leave the Court—Anecdote of him—His own account
of his Conversion—Goes to Egypt—Returns to
Persia—Makes himself Master of Alamoot | 43 |
| [CHAPTER IV.] |
Description of Alamoot—Fruitless attempts to recover it—Extension
of the Ismaïlite Power—The Ismaïlites
in Syria—Attempt on the Life of Aboo-Hard Issa—Treaty
made with Sultan Sanjar—Death of Hassan—His
Character | 56 |
| [CHAPTER V.] |
Organization of the Society—Names given to the Ismaïlites—Origin
of the name Assassin—Marco Polo's description
of the Paradise of the Old Man of the
Mountain—Description of it given by Arabian writers—Instances
of the obedience of the Fedavee | 66 |
| [CHAPTER VI.] |
Keäh Buzoorg Oomeid—Affairs of the Society in Persia—They
acquire the Castle of Banias in Syria—Attempt
to betray Damascus to the Crusaders—Murders committed
during the reign of Keäh Buzoorg | 84 |
| [CHAPTER VII.] |
Keäh Mohammed—Murder of the Khalif—Castles gained
in Syria—Ismaïlite Confession of Faith—Mohammed's
Son Hassan gives himself out for the promised Imam—His
followers punished—Succession of Hassan—He
abolishes the Law—Pretends to be descended from the
Prophet—Is murdered | 93 |
| [CHAPTER VIII.] |
Mohammed II.—Anecdote of the Imam Fakhr-ed-deen—Noor-ed-deen—Conquest
of Egypt—Attempt on the
Life of Saladin | 102 |
| [CHAPTER IX.] |
Sinan the Dai-al Kebir of Syria—Offers to become a
Christian—His Ambassador murdered by the Templars—Cardinal
de Vitry's Account of the Assassins—Murder
of the Marquis of Montferrat—Defence of King
Richard | 114 |
| [CHAPTER X.] |
Jellal-ed-deen—Restoration of Religion—His Harem makes the
Pilgrimage to Mecca—Marries the Princess of Ghilan—Geography of
the Country between Roodbar and the Caspian—Persian Romance—Zohak
and Feridoon—Kei Kaoos and Roostem—Ferdoosee's Description of
Mazanderan—History of the Shah Nameh—Proof of the Antiquity of
the Tales contained in it. | 131 |
| [CHAPTER XI.] |
Death of Jellal-ed-deen—Character of Ala-ed-deen, his
successor—The Sheikh Jemal-ed-deen—The Astronomer
Nasir-ed-deen—The Vizir Sheref-al-Moolk—Death
of Ala-ed-deen—Succession of Rukn-ed-deen,
the last Sheikh-al-Jebal | 148 |
| [CHAPTER XII.] |
The Mongols—Hoolagoo sent against the Ismaïlites—Rukn-ed-deen
submits—Capture of Alamoot—Destruction
of the Library—Fate of Rukn-ed-deen—Massacre
of the Ismaïlites—St. Louis and the Assassins—Mission
for the Conversion of the People of Kuhistan—Conclusion | 156 |
| [CHAPTER I.] |
Introduction—The Crusades—Wrong Ideas respecting
their Origin—True Causes of them—Pilgrimage—Pilgrimage
of Frotmond—Of the Count of Anjou—Striking
Difference between the Christianity of the
East and that of the West—Causes of their different
Characters—Feudalism—The Extent and Force of this
Principle | 169 |
| [CHAPTER II.] |
First Hospital at Jerusalem—Church of Santa Maria de
Latina—Hospital of St. John—The Hospitallers—Origin
of the Templars—Their original Poverty—They
acquire Consideration—St. Bernard—His Character
of the Templars—The Order approved of and
confirmed by the Council of Troyes—Proofs of the
Esteem in which they were held | 185 |
| [CHAPTER III.] |
Return of the Templars to the East—Exoneration and
Refutation of the Charge of a Connection with the
Ismaïlites—Actions of the Templars—Crusade of
Louis VII.—Siege of Ascalon—Sale of Nassir-ed-deen—Corruption
of the Hospitallers—The Bull, Omne
Datum Optimum—Refusal of the Templars to march
against Egypt—Murder of the Ismaïlite Envoy | 199 |
| [CHAPTER IV.] |
Heroism of the Templars and Hospitallers—Battle of
Hittin—Crusade of Richard of England and Philip of
France—Corruption of the Order—Pope Innocent III.
writes a Letter of Censure—Frederic II.—Great
Slaughter of the Templars—Henry III. of England
and the Templars—Power of the Templars in Moravia—Slaughter
of them by the Hospitallers—Fall of Acre | 210 |
| [CHAPTER V.] |
Classes of the Templars—The Knights—Their Qualifications—Mode
of Reception—Dress and Arms of the
Knight—Mode of Burial—The Chaplains—Mode of
Reception—Dress—Duties and Privileges—The Serving-Brethren—Mode
of Reception—Their Duties—The
Affiliated—Causes and Advantages of Affiliation—The
Donates and Oblates | 221 |
| [CHAPTER VI.] |
Provinces of the Order—Eastern Provinces—Jerusalem—Houses
of this Province—Tripolis—Antioch—Cyprus—Western
Provinces—Portugal—Castile and Leon—Aragon—France
and Auvergne—Normandy—Aquitaine—Provence—England—Germany—Upper
and Central Italy—Apulia and Sicily | 242 |
| [CHAPTER VII.] |
Officers of the Order—The Master—Mode of Election—His
Rights and Privileges—Restraints on him—The
Seneschal—The Marshal—The Treasurer—The Draper—The
Turcopilar—Great-Priors—Commanders—Visitors—Sub-Marshal—Standard-bearer | 253 |
| [CHAPTER VIII.] |
Chapters—Mode of holding them—Templars' Mode of
Living—Amusements—Conduct in War | 266 |
| [CHAPTER IX.] |
Molay elected Master—Last attempt of the Christians in
Syria—Conduct of the Three Military Orders—Philip
the Fair and Pope Boniface VIII.—Seizure of the
Pope—Election of Clement V.—The Papal See removed
to France—Causes of Philip's enmity to the Templars—Arrival
of Molay in France—His interviews with the
Pope—Charges made against the Templars—Seizure
of the Knights—Proceedings in England—Nature of
the Charges against the Order | 276 |
| [CHAPTER X.] |
Examination of the captive Knights—Different kinds of
Torture—Causes of Confession—What Confessions
were made—Templars brought before the Pope—Their
Declarations—Papal Commission—Molay brought before
it—Ponsard de Gisi—Defenders of the Order—Act
of Accusation—Heads of Defence—Witnesses
against the Order—Fifty-four Templars committed to
the Flames at Paris—Remarkable words of Aymeric
de Villars-le-Duc—Templars burnt in other places—Further
Examinations—The Head worshipped by the
Templars—John de Pollincourt—Peter de la Palu | 293 |
| [CHAPTER XI.] |
Examinations in England—Germany—Spain—Italy—Naples
and Provence—Sicily—Cyprus—Meeting of the
Council of Vienne—Suppression of the Order—Fate
of its Members—Death of Molay | 317 |
| [CHAPTER I.] |
Introduction—The Original Westphalia—Conquest of
the Saxons by Charlemagne—His Regulations—Dukes
of Saxony—State of Germany—Henry the Lion—His
Outlawry—Consequences of it—Origin of German
Towns—Origin of the Fehm-gerichte, or Secret Tribunals—Theories
of their Origin—Origin of their
Name—Synonymous Terms | 332 |
| [CHAPTER II.] |
The Tribunal-Lord—The Count—The Schöppen—The
Messengers—The Public Court—The Secret Tribunal—Extent
of its Jurisdiction—Places of holding the
Courts—Time of holding them—Proceedings in them—Process
where the Criminal was caught in the fact—Inquisitorial
Process | 346 |
| [CHAPTER III.] |
Accusatorial Process—Persons liable to it—Mode of
Citation—Mode of Procedure—Right of Appeal | 360 |
| [CHAPTER IV.] |
The General Chapter—Rights of the Emperor—Of his
Lieutenant—Of the Stuhlherrn, or Tribunal-Lords | 372 |
| [CHAPTER V.] |
Fehm-courts at Celle—At Brunswick—Tribunal of the
Knowing in the Tyrol—The Castle of Baden—African Purrahs
| 377 |
| [CHAPTER VI.] |
The Emperor Lewis the Bavarian—Charles IV.—Wenceslaus—Rupertian
Reformation—Encroachments of
the Fehm-courts—Case of Nickel Weller and the
Town of Görlitz—Of the City of Dantzig—Of Hans
David and the Teutonic Knights—Other instances of
the presumption of the Free-counts—Citation of the
Emperor Frederic III.—Case of the Count of Teckenburg | 385 |
| [CHAPTER VII.] |
Cause of the degeneracy of the Fehm-courts—Attempts
at reformation—Causes of their high reputation—Case
of the Duke of Würtemberg—Of Kerstian Kerkerink—Causes
of the Decline of the Fehm-jurisdiction | 398 |