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Lancelot-Grail: The death of Arthur

Norris J. Lacy

出版	Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2010
主題	Literary Collections / European / FrenchLiterary Criticism / GeneralLiterary Criticism / Ancient & ClassicalLiterary Criticism / MedievalSocial Science / Folklore & Mythology
ISBN	18438423009781843842309
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=d-jFvu5lp8EC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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The most comprehensive account of the story of Arthur, the Round Table and the Grail is to he found in the work known as Lancelot-Grail or the litigate Cycle. It tells the story of the Arthurian world from the events of the Crucifixion, where the Grail originated, to the death of Lancelot after the destruction of the Round Table. It draws in many different strands, from the pseudo-historical stories about Arthur to the romances of chivalric adventure and the spiritual quest for the Grail. It consists of five works: the longest is Lancelot, a kind of chivalric history of the Round Table, which leads into the quest for the Grail and Arthur's death. The first two books were added later, and provide an account of events through Arthur's marriage and early military victories. Not long after the cycle was completed, another writer retained the first two books of the Vulgate Cycle but recast the last three books with a rather different emphasis; this version is known as the --