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Grail, Holy - a feature of medieval legend and literature. It appears variously as a chalice, a cup, or a dish and sometimes as a stone or a caldron into which a bleeding lance drips. It was identified by Christians as the chalice of the Last Supper brought to England by St. Joseph of Arimathea. Miraculous in its powers, it could provide food and healing. However, it would be revealed only to a


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    Chivalry and Violence in Medieval Europe ("The Quest of the Holy Grail" begins on p. 253) » Read Now

    by Richard W. Kaeuper. 342 pgs.

    This original and authoritative text reveals how chivalry was part of the problem of violence in medieval Europe, not merely its solution. The ideal was to internalize restraint in knights, but a close reading of chivalric literature shows chivalry also praised heroic violence by knights. This...
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    Visio Pacis, Holy City and Grail: An Attempt at an Inner History of the Grail Legend » Read Now

    by Helen Adolf. 220 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    ...foresaw: because the Holy Sepulchre meant "Life," it could combine, in Chretiens imagination...and plenty; and the Grail scene itself, by being...translated into the...
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    The Holy Grail: From Romance Motif to Modern Genre, in Folklore » Read Now

    by Juliette Wood. 22 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...Malcolm. The Holy Grail: Its Origins...Tradition in the Grail Legends. Cardiff...Arthurian Literature XI, ed. Richard...Arthurian Literature in the Middle...Jean. La...
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    The Arthurian Legend in the Literatures of the Spanish Peninsula (Chap. IX "The Arthurian Novels in Castile and Portugal: The 'Holy Grail,' 'Merlin,' 'Quest'") » Read Now

    by William J. Entwistle. 280 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    ...Arthurian legend in the literatures of the Spanish...PORTUGAL: THE "HOLY GRAIL"; "JOSIMPH...PORTUGAL: THE "HOLY GRAIL"; "MERLIN...ARTHURIAN NOVELS IN CASTILE...
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    The Unholy Grail: A Social Reading of Chretien de Troyes's Conte du Graal (Chap. 3 "The World According to the Grail") » Read Now

    by Brigitte Cazelles. 334 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    The history of the Grail legend begins with a romance composed by Chretien de Troyes in the last decades of the twelfth century, Perceval ou Le Conte du Graal. Whereas Chretien's earlier romances explored the secular tensions generated by chivalric and courtly life, the Conte du Graal has appeared...
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