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The Holy Grail History and Legend Juliette Wood University of Wales Press B format cover.indd 1 04/09/2012 14:42:36 B format cover.indd 2 04/09/2012 14:42:36 The holy Grail 1-Holy Grail prelims.indd 1 30/07/2012 12:16 The holy Grail hisTory and leGend Juliette Wood UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS CARDIFF 2012 1-Holy Grail prelims.indd 2 30/07/2012 12:16 The holy Grail hisTory and leGend Juliette Wood UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS CARDIFF 2012 1-Holy Grail prelims.indd 3 30/07/2012 12:16 © Juliette Wood, 2012 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright owner. Applications for the copyright owner’s written permission to reproduce any part of this publication should be addressed to the University of Wales Press, 10 Columbus Walk, Brigantine Place, Cardiff CF10 4UP. www.uwp.co.uk British Library CIP Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978-0-7083-2524-7 e-ISBN 978-0-7083-2525-4 The right of Juliette Wood to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 79 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Designed and typeset by Chris Bell, cbdesign Printed by CPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham, Wiltshire 1-Holy Grail prelims.indd 4 30/07/2012 12:16 conTenTs Acknowledgements vii List of Illustrations ix Introduction 1 1 The Sources of the Grail Romances 7 2 The Characters in the Grail Quest 21 3 Visions of the Grail 39 4 From Wales to Glastonbury 51 5 Secret Grails and Hidden Messages 67 6 Chapels, Monuments and Relics 87 Conclusion 101 Notes 103 Select Bibliography 111 Index 119 1-Holy Grail prelims.indd 5 30/07/2012 12:16 acknowledGemenTs 1-Holy Grail prelims.indd 6 30/07/2012 12:16 acknowledGemenTs I would like to express my thanks to everyone who has contributed to this book, in particular my husband, Clive Wood, who has lis- tened to my theories about the Holy Grail for years. Professor Sioned Davies and members of the School of Welsh at Cardiff University also acted as advisors, readers and occasional editors for various incarna- tions of this project, and the Centre for Lifelong Learning at Cardiff University has graciously allowed me to teach courses on various aspects of Arthurian tradition. I would also like to thank the readers for University of Wales Press for the very helpful suggestions that have helped to shape this book. Any remaining errors are of course my own. Lastly I am grateful to Sarah Lewis and Ennis Akpinar for their encouragement and patience throughout this project. Every effort has been made to trace all copyright owners for the illustrations reproduced in this volume. The cooperation of Cardiff University Special Collections and Archives for permission to use material from their collections is gratefully acknowledged. 1-Holy Grail prelims.indd 7 30/07/2012 12:16 1-Holy Grail prelims.indd 8 30/07/2012 12:16
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