The Holy Grail: The Legend, the History, the Evidence
The existence of the Holy Grail has long been debated, and many of these debates focus on the intellectualized or psychological aspects of it. This work explores the events that gave rise to the legend of the Holy Grail and pays special attention to the texts that form the body of the legend, as well as historical facts about the life of Christ, the Crusades, and the fall from grace of the Knights Templar. The book examines the legitimacy of the claims made by several present-day believers...
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The existence of the Holy Grail has long been debated, and many of these debates focus on the intellectualized or psychological aspects of it. This work explores the events that gave rise to the legend of the Holy Grail and pays special attention to the texts that form the body of the legend, as well as historical facts about the life of Christ, the Crusades, and the fall from grace of the Knights Templar. The book examines the legitimacy of the claims made by several present-day believers and also introduces a new theory of multiple grails (and the evidence supporting this theory), which, the author believes, answers many of the otherwise unanswered questions surrounding the Holy Grail.Author Biography: Justin E. Griffin, a network technologies specialist at the University of Tennessee, lives in Knoxville. Booknews Griffin's curiosity about the mysterious bowl grew out of his interest in Arthurian and other medieval legends, and was sparked by a document on its possible history. He works in an academic library (U. of Tennessee) but soon exhausted the resources there, and turned to the Internet which proved as abundant in information as the Grail is said to be in grace. He discusses the legend, historical aspects behind it, and the legitimacy of claims by several contenders. In the grand tradition, of course, he posits a new theory. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
AcknowledgmentsPreface1Biblical Origins of the Grail52Examining the Grail Texts143The Life and Death of Christ314Guardians of the Blood405Glastonbury, Gateway to Avalon486Secret Places of Glastonbury577Holy Wars and Heretics718Relics819The Spear of Destiny8810Historical Grail Candidates9611The Santo Caliz of Valencia10312The Nanteos Cup11413Personal Reliquaries12314Mary Magdalene and the Alabastron13415What Is the Grail?142Bibliography153Index155
\ BooknewsGriffin's curiosity about the mysterious bowl grew out of his interest in Arthurian and other medieval legends, and was sparked by a document on its possible history. He works in an academic library (U. of Tennessee) but soon exhausted the resources there, and turned to the Internet which proved as abundant in information as the Grail is said to be in grace. He discusses the legend, historical aspects behind it, and the legitimacy of claims by several contenders. In the grand tradition, of course, he posits a new theory. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
