The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail

E795787
book speculative history book

The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail is a controversial 1982 speculative history book that proposes alternative theories about Jesus, the Holy Grail, and secret societies such as the Priory of Sion.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Holy Blood, Holy Grail 2

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
speculative history book ⓘ
author Henry Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ
Michael Baigent NERFINISHED ⓘ
Richard Leigh NERFINISHED ⓘ
claims a hidden history of Christianity ⓘ
controversial yes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizedBy biblical scholars ⓘ
historians ⓘ
theologians ⓘ
criticizedFor lack of reliable historical evidence ⓘ
use of dubious sources ⓘ
describedAs conspiracy theory book ⓘ
pseudo-history ⓘ
genre conspiracy literature ⓘ
religious history ⓘ
speculative history ⓘ
hasSequel The Messianic Legacy NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced The Da Vinci Code NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenceOn popular conspiracy theories about Jesus and Mary Magdalene ⓘ
ISBN 0-224-00747-0 ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableFor linking the Holy Grail to a bloodline ⓘ
popularizing the Priory of Sion myth ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
pageCount approximately 600 ⓘ
proposesTheory Jesus had descendants ⓘ
Jesus married Mary Magdalene ⓘ
Merovingian kings are descendants of Jesus ⓘ
the Holy Grail symbolizes the bloodline of Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ
the Priory of Sion protects the bloodline of Jesus ⓘ
publicationDate 1982 ⓘ
publisher Jonathan Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting Western Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
Holy Grail NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jesus Christ NERFINISHED ⓘ
Merovingian dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Priory of Sion NERFINISHED ⓘ
bloodline of Jesus ⓘ
secret societies ⓘ
timePeriodDiscussed Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
early Christianity ⓘ
modern Europe ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry Lincoln → notableWork → The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail ⓘ
Rennes-le-Château → associatedWith → The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail ⓘ
Priory of Sion → influencedBy → The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Blood, Holy Grail
Priory of Sion → relatedTo → The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Blood, Holy Grail