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The High Book of the Grail - A translation of the thirteenth-century romance of Perlesvaus (Paperback)
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The High Book of the Grail - A translation of the thirteenth-century romance of Perlesvaus (Paperback)
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Vivid translation of one of the earliest and most important Grail
romances. The High Book of the Grail (Perlesvaus) is one of the
most fascinating of medieval Arthurian romances, standing apart
from the main tradition represented by the great romance cycles on
which Malory based his work. Written in the first half ofthe
thirteenth century, it represents a totally different view of the
legend of the Holy Grail from that found in Wolfram von Eschenbach
or the French Quest of the Holy Grail, though all derive from
Chretien's Perceval; the unknown author adds a much greater
religious emphasis, and a desire to glorify crusading chivalry for
the secular adventures of Arthur, Perceval, and Lancelot. The
framework of the romance is the struggle of Arthur and his knights
to impose - by force - the New Law of Christianity in place of the
Old Law. Unusually, Arthur's knights are seen collectively as
members of a kingdom, rather than as individual knights on quests,
defending the land against treason and paganism, and advancing to
convert the heathen of other lands. This unique view of the
Arthurian world is now made accessible to students of medieval
literature, Arthurian enthusiasts, andto historians interested in
the world of chivalry and its attitudes. NIGEL BRYANT's previous
Arthurian books include The Legend of the Grail, Chretien de
Troyes' Perceval and its Continuations, and Robert de Boron's
Merlin and the Grail.
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