18 books like Heroes of Chivalry
Empire of the Vampire
"From holy cup comes holy light; The faithful hands sets world aright. And in the Seven Martyrs' sight, Mere man shall end this endless night. It has been twenty-seven long years since the last sunrise. For nearly three decades, vampires have waged war against humanity; building their eternal empire even as they tear down our own. Now, only a few tiny sparks of light endure in a sea of darkness.…
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Knightly legends of Wales
Twelve episodes from the Mabinogion part of the fourteenth century manuscript entitled The red book of Hergest, a collection of medieval Welsh tales recounting the feats and exploits of King Arthur and other powerful kings, princes, and knights.
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Grail (Pendragon Cycle #5)
A great king faces the ultimate challenge: a dangerous quest through realms of magic and the undead toward a confrontation with his destiny.
Drought, plague, and war have left the Isle of the Mighty battered and its heart, the beloved Arthur, grievously injured—until a secret relic is brought before the dying King; a Holy Grail that heals his wounds and restores his vigor.
But soon evil enters…
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The quest of the Holy Grail
Published in 1965: In the following pages the author has endeavoured to give, as clearly and concisely as possible, a description of the literature composing the Grail cycle, an analysis of its content and a survey of the leading theories to which this perplexing body of romance has given rise.
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La légende arthurienne et le Graal
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The Complete Story of the Grail
Taking the legends surrounding King Arthur and weaving in new psychological elements of personal desire and courtly manner, Chrétien de Troyes fashioned a new form of medieval Romance. The Knight of the Cart is the first telling of the adulterous relationship between Lancelot and Arthur’s Queen Guinevere, and in The Knight with the Lion Yvain neglects his bride in his quest for greater glory.…
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The Life Of Sir Aglovale De Galis
A fictional biography based on Sir Thomas Malory's Morte d'Arthur.
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The Grail
The Holy Grail () is a treasure that serves as an important motif in Arthurian literature. Various traditions describe the Holy Grail as a cup, dish, or stone with miraculous healing powers, sometimes providing eternal youth or sustenance in infinite abundance, often guarded in the custody of the Fisher King and located in the hidden Grail castle. By analogy, any elusive object or goal of great…
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Le Morte d'Arthur
Le Morte d'Arthur (originally spelled Le Morte Darthur, ungrammatical Middle French for "The Death of Arthur") is a 15th-century Middle English prose reworking by Sir Thomas Malory of tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin and the Knights of the Round Table—along with their respective folklore. In order to tell a "complete" story of Arthur from his conception to his…
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Gareth and Lynette, etc.
Poem, translated in Sanskrit prose.
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Age of chivalry; or, King Arthur and his knights
Annotated, hyperlinked edition of Bulfinch's Legends of King Arthur.
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The high history of the Holy Graal
Joseph Campbell, in his epic study The Masks of God places Wolfram's Parzival squarely on the dividing line between ancient and modern. Emma Jung, whose psychological insights are invaluable, identifies the Grail cycle as the beginning of the immanent spirituality of Christianity, in opposition to the more ancient transcendent view. Adolf Hitler considered the Hallows of the Grail to be an…
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The Quest
After receiving a tip from a dying priest, four unlikely partners begin a quest to find the Holy Grail in the jungles of Ethiopia.
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Le roman breton
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Idylls of the King and a Selection of Poems
Tennyson's version of the Arthurian legend takes the form of twelve poems telling of King Arthur and the Round Table, from Arthur's initial meeting with his future queen, Guinevere, to the last battle with his son, Modred. This edition also includes extensive selections from Tennyson's other works.
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Le cycle du Graal
"Jean Markale propose, dans le langage d'aujourd'hui, à partir des très nombreuses versions qu'il a suscitées, une reconstitution totale et chronologique du mythe du Graal, extraordinaire foisonnement de symboles et de réflexions, perc̦u souvent de fac̦on fragmentaire en raison même de l'abondance des textes et de la diversité des faits et des personnages évoqués."--Description de l'éditeur.
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The Age of Fable
Drawing on the works of Homer, Ovid, Virgil, and other classical authors, as well as an immense trove of stories about the Norse gods and heroes, The Age of Fable offers lively retellings of the myths of the Greek and Roman gods: Venus and Adonis, Jupiter and Juno, Daphne and Apollo, and many others. [Source][1].
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King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table can refer to:
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