Lancelot-Grail: 1. the History of the Holy Grail: The Old French Arthurian Vulgate and Post-Vulgate in Translation Norris J. Lacy

Lancelot-Grail: 1. the History of the Holy Grail: The Old French Arthurian Vulgate and Post-Vulgate in Translation

Author: Norris J. Lacy
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Lancelot-Grail: 1. the History of the Holy Grail: The Old French Arthurian Vulgate and Post-Vulgate in Translation
Author
Norris J. Lacy
ISBN
9781843842248
AlthoughThe History of the Holy Grail opens the Vulgate Cycle, it was added after the events described in Lancelot and The Quest of the Holy Grail were already an established part of the Arthurian story. It is, in Hollywood terms, a prequel', and relates the story of the Grail from its first appearance at the Crucifixion up to the point where it is placed by Alain, the Fisher King, in the castle of Corbenic, whose inhabitants then await the arrival of the chosen Grail knight. Many points in the narrative are designed to foreshadow or to explain the later adventures connected with the Grail, but it also draws on the stories in the apocryphal gospels and other legends of the crucifixion such as the story of Veronica, as well as unrelated material such as the story of Hippocrates. But it also provides many details about the Grail itself which are not found anywhere else. It is less chivalric in tone from the subsequent books of the Vulgate Cycle, and relatively few copies of the original survive.For a full description of the Vulgate Cycle see the blurb for the complete set.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Norris J. LacyPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPublished: 03/31/2010ISBN: 9781843842248Pages: 348Weight: 1.31lbsSize: 9.30h x 6.22w x 0.88d
AlthoughThe History of the Holy Grail opens the Vulgate Cycle, it was added after the events described in Lancelot and The Quest of the Holy Grail were already an established part of the Arthurian story. It is, in Hollywood terms, a prequel', and relates the story of the Grail from its first appearance at the Crucifixion up to the point where it is placed by Alain, the Fisher King, in the castle of Corbenic, whose inhabitants then await the arrival of the chosen Grail knight. Many points in the narrative are designed to foreshadow or to explain the later adventures connected with the Grail, but it also draws on the stories in the apocryphal gospels and other legends of the crucifixion such as the story of Veronica, as well as unrelated material such as the story of Hippocrates. But it also provides many details about the Grail itself which are not found anywhere else. It is less chivalric in tone from the subsequent books of the Vulgate Cycle, and relatively few copies of the original survive.

For a full description of the Vulgate Cycle see the blurb for the complete set.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Norris J. Lacy
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Published: 03/31/2010
ISBN: 9781843842248
Pages: 348
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.22w x 0.88d
AlthoughThe History of the Holy Grail opens the Vulgate Cycle, it was added after the events described in Lancelot and The Quest of the Holy Grail were already an established part of the Arthurian story. It is, in Hollywood terms, a prequel', and relates the story of the Grail from its first appearance at the Crucifixion up to the point where it is placed by Alain, the Fisher King, in the castle of Corbenic, whose inhabitants then await the arrival of the chosen Grail knight. Many points in the narrative are designed to foreshadow or to explain the later adventures connected with the Grail, but it also draws on the stories in the apocryphal gospels and other legends of the crucifixion such as the story of Veronica, as well as unrelated material such as the story of Hippocrates. But it also provides many details about the Grail itself which are not found anywhere else. It is less chivalric in tone from the subsequent books of the Vulgate Cycle, and relatively few copies of the original survive.

For a full description of the Vulgate Cycle see the blurb for the complete set.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Norris J. Lacy
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Published: 03/31/2010
ISBN: 9781843842248
Pages: 348
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.22w x 0.88d