Introduction : medieval literature in the digital Dark Ages -- Translating Arthur : books, texts, machines -- Performing community : merchants, chivalry, data -- Marking manuscripts : makers, users, coders -- Cataloguing libraries : history, romance, website -- Editing romance :…
"Barber traces the history of the stories surrounding the Holy Grail, beginning with Chretien de Troyes, who in the twelfth century first imagined the famous scene in which a mysterious golden vessel adorned with jewels was paraded before the eyes of an untested youth. The autho…
"Barber traces the history of the stories surrounding the Holy Grail, beginning with Chretien de Troyes, who in the twelfth century first imagined the famous scene in which a mysterious golden vessel adorned with jewels was paraded before the eyes of an untested youth. The autho…
"This collection of new essays is the first to study film depictions of the quest for the Holy Grail--the Christian holy relic of legend supposedly used by Jesus at the Last Supper. Scholars and critics discuss American and European films that offer fresh perspectives on this en…
"Exploring French, Dutch, Norse, German and English texts, literary scholars and art historians discuss medieval quest themes, especially but not exclusively the quest for the Holy Grail. A number of the essays trace the relationship, often negative, between Arthurian chivalry a…
"Exploring French, Dutch, Norse, German and English texts, literary scholars and art historians discuss medieval quest themes, especially but not exclusively the quest for the Holy Grail. A number of the essays trace the relationship, often negative, between Arthurian chivalry a…
The mysterious and haunting Grail makes its first appearance in literature in Chřtien de Troyes' Perceval at the end of the twelfth century. But Chřtien never finished his poem, leaving an unresolved story and an incomplete picture of the Grail. It was, however, far too attracti…
