The High History of the Holy Graal

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The High History of the Holy Graal

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en

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A powerful medieval Grail romance combining stark chivalric adventure with visionary mystery and moral intensity, this translation presents the most coherent and authentic version of the Holy Graal legend, featuring Perceval's quest, tragic losses, and ultimate spiritual awakening.

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Translated from a sixteenth-century manuscript and supplemented by a thirteenth-century Welsh version, Sebastian Evans' *The High History of the Holy Graal* recounts the complete adventures of Perceval, the nephew of the Fisher King. The narrative begins with Perceval's departure from Camelot to seek his missing sister and mother, leading him through a landscape of perilous forests and waste lands. His journey first takes him to a hermitage where he mourns Lohot, Arthur's son, who was slain by the treacherous Kay the Seneschal after sleeping upon the giant Logrin. Perceval then encounters a distressed damsel on her perilous vow to enter the Graveyard Perilous alone, where she seeks a relic to defeat the evil knight Brundans. Perceval avenges the treacherous murder of the courteous knight Meliot of Logres by Brundans, delivering the villain's head to his grieving wife. He subsequently travels to Castle Perilous to heal the Sick Knight, transforming him into Knight Hardy. The story culminates in Perceval's return to his mother's castle, where he establishes a holy life with his sister and the damsel of the Car. Following the deaths of his mother and sister, Perceval receives a divine voice commanding him to disperse the holy relics among hermits. He departs on a ship bearing the bodies of his mother and the Fisher King, vanishing from the world to live a life of religious devotion. His legacy endures through the saints and churches built in the lands of Avalon by the hermits who received the relics, preserving the memory of the Holy Graal and the chivalric ideals of the Round Table.

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Categories

• Folklore
• Mythology