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Index
Cover
About the Author
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Holy Grail
PART ONE: Creating the Grail
1: Imagining the Grail: Chrétien de Troyes
2: Completing the Grail: Chrétien continued
3: Sanctifying the Grail Hero: Robert de Boron
4: The Old Law and the New Law: The High Book of the Grail
5: Creating the Grail Hero: The Lancelot-Grail
6: Visions of Angels, Versions of Men: Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival
Epilogue to Part One
PART TWO: The Nature of the Grail
7: The Grail
8: The Setting of the Grail
9: Obscure Histories, Dubious Relies
10: The Eucharist and the Grail
11: The Holy Grail
12: The Secrets of the Grail
13: The Grail Outside the Romances
14: ’There is a thing that’s called the Grâl
15: The Adventures of the Grail: The Later German Romances
16: The Adventures of the Grail: The Last Flowering
Epilogue to Part Two
PART THREE: New Grails for Old
Interlude
17: The Scholars and the Grail
18: The Revival of the Grail
19: The Grail as Mirror
20: The Grail Today
21: The Question Answered?
Epilogue
Postscript: The Da Vinci Code
Appendices
1: The Major Grail Romances 1180-1250
2: Visual Images Relating to the Medieval Grail Stories
3: Theological Terms Used in Text
4: Use of the Term ‘Holy Grail’ in Major Newspapers, 1978–2002
Bibliography
Abbreviations
Notes
Index
Footnotes
Introduction
Page 4
1: Imagining the Grail: Chrétien de Troyes
Page 14
2: Completing the Grail: Chrétien continued
Page 34
3: Sanctifying the Grail Hero: Robert de Boron
Page 39
4: The Old Law and the New Law: The High Book of the Grail
Page 50
5: Creating the Grail Hero: The Lancelot-Grail
Page 53
6: Visions of Angels, Versions of Men: Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival
Page 77
Epilogue 001
Page 86
7: The Grail
Page 91
9: Obscure Histories, Dubious Relies
Page 120
10: The Eucharist and the Grail
Page 146
11: The Holy Grail
Page 153
13: The Grail Outside the Romances
Page 167
14: ’There is a thing that’s called the Grâl
Page 176
15: The Adventures of the Grail: The Later German Romances
Page 191
16: The Adventures of the Grail: The Last Flowering
Page 203
17: The Scholars and the Grail
Page 234
18: The Revival of the Grail
Page 266
20: The Grail Today
Page 350
Postscripts: The Da Vinci Code
Page 371
Appendices: 4: Use of the Term ‘Holy Grail’ in Major Newspapers, 1978–2002
Page 380
Abbreviations
Page 413
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