Were Crusader Knights Really Protecting the Cup of Christ?
By Dan Jones
Between 1200 and 1210 the German writer Wolfram von Eschenbach composed an epic romantic poem, tens of thousands of lines long, called Parzival. It drew on the hugely popular legends of King Arthur, which had for decades delighted aristocratic audiences with tales of chivalry and questing, love and betrayal, magic and combat.
Eschenbach’s patron was one Hermann, Landgrave of Thurangia, but the readership his work eventually found was enormous and its influence immense. More than 80 medieval manuscripts of the poem still survive.
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