Is any of the history in the Da Vinci Code true?

Question

Is any of the history in the Da Vinci Code true?

Answer 1

The book Holy Blood, Holy Grail was published in 1981 or 1982.  The authors are Michael Baigent, Henry Lincoln, and Richard Leigh.

These 3 authors discovered a story of a supposed treasure in Rennes-le-Chateau, France, and the priest who is claimed to have found the treasure in the 1890s and become wildly rich beyond all imagination.  In their research into the mysteries of the priest and the church and the treasure, the 3 authors found links to a man name Pierre Plantard and an organization called the Priory of Sion.  There were even documents located in the French national library regarding the Priory.

It was Pierre Plantard who told Baigent, Leigh, and Lincoln that the treasure found by the priest was documents that proved Mary Magdalen and Jesus were married and that after the crucifixion she settled in or near Rennes-le-Chateau to give birth to their child.  The Holy Grail, according to Plantard, was an error in understanding the words  Sang Raal - Holy Blood.  When it is misspelled as San Graal, the meaning changes to Holy Grail.  And according to Plantard, the Holy Blood was the bloodline of Jesus and the Grail itself was the womb of Mary Magdalen.

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Pierre Plantard had forged all the documents that were found in the French national library and placed them there in the 1950s.  He tried to interest other men in becoming part of his "Priory of Sion" which wasn't to find or protect any of the descendants of Jesus - their goal was to restore a monarchy to France.  The group never really got off the ground.

Before he died, Plantard had to testify in court that his documents were false, that there was no Priory of Sion except in his mind, and that there was no connection between his Priory and the original Priory, which disbanded 800 or more years ago.  He admitted in court that his story about Jesus and Mary Magdalen was all a fraud.

So is The da Vinci Code true? No, not even remotely.  And even if it were, there isn't any way that birth and marriage and death records have been maintained in completeness, with full accuracy, for 2000 years or more.  There would never be any way to validate anyone's claims to be a descendant of Jesus through the Merovingian kings of France.

There are thousands of web sites that give you the entire story of Plantard and Rennes-le-Chateau.  Although many are supportive of the fictions, there are a LARGE number of sites that offer page after page after page of documentation debunking the entire story.

Just Google  "Pierre Plantard" or "Rennes-le-Chateau" or "Merovingian" and you can read it all for yourself.

Answer 2

It touched on one or two events that were based in reality.

But mainly the entire story is just a figment of Brown's imagination.

Answer 3

Its a fiction book based loosely on facts.

Great book, one of my favourites.

:)

Answer 4

Sources say the Priory of Sion is real and that they were protectors of the grail, and some of the stories behind their actions and, obviously, the actions of the church were correct. And the interpretations of da Vinci's works were (despite being mere interpretations) largely correct as far as art historians can tell. But the actual events - the curator being killed, the run from France to England, etc.) are a figment of Brown's imagination.

Answer 5

yah and also check out the davinci load it is packed with a bunch of suprises

Answer 6

Most of it, but wasn't really proven and the vatican denies it.

and that's why the vatican dosent allow a da vinchi code 2

to bad coz it was 1 of the best movies i ever saw

Answer 7

The Priory of Sion may not have been real, but it's been written about for a long time. There was a fraternal organization of the the same name founded and disbanded in 1956. The myth was created before then.

Answer 8

The Da Vinci Code is based on a book called Holy Blood Holy Grail which claimed many of the events mentioned in the Da Vinci Code were true. However, it's difficult to know for certain.  

Answer 9

No. Brown originally wrote it as fiction based loosely on another book called The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail.

I don't know when the book started to be regarded as speculative fact. It is however, FICTION.