The Mystery of the Holy Grail (TRIH ep 346, part 2)
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Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the origins, meanings and later receptions of the Holy Grail legend. Tracing the motif from a mundane medieval term for a serving platter to Chrétien de Troyes' 12th-century Perceval — where the grail first acquires sacral overtones — they chart subsequent retellings by Robert de Boron and Wolfram von Eschenbach that transform the grail into a Christian relic tied to…
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