Perceval/Parzival

Perceval/Parzival
Author: Arthur Groos
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1136510001

This volume in the Arthurian Characters and Themes series treats the fascinating character of Perceval, the naive and flawed but gifted youth who becomes the Grail hero in some texts and yet is eclipsed in others by Galahad. Also includes eight musical examples.

Parzival: A Knightly Epic (Complete)

Parzival: A Knightly Epic (Complete)
Author: Wolfram von Eschenback
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Total Pages: 1225
Release: 2020-09-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1465577068

In presenting, for the first time, to English readers the greatest work of Germany's greatest mediæval poet, a few words of introduction, alike for poem and writer, may not be out of place. The lapse of nearly seven hundred years, and the changes which the centuries have worked, alike in language and in thought, would have naturally operated to render any work unfamiliar, still more so when that work was composed in a foreign tongue; but, indeed, it is only within the present century that the original text of the Parzivalhas been collated from the MSS. and made accessible, even in its own land, to the general reader. But the interest which is now felt by many in the Arthurian romances, quickened into life doubtless by the genius of the late Poet Laureate, and the fact that the greatest composer of our time, Richard Wagner, has selected this poem as the groundwork of that wonderful drama, which a growing consensus of opinion has hailed as the grandest artistic achievement of this century, seem to indicate that the time has come when the work of Wolfram von Eschenbach may hope to receive, from a wider public than that of his own day, the recognition which it so well deserves. Of the poet himself we know but little, save from the personal allusions scattered throughout his works; the dates of his birth and death are alike unrecorded, but the frequent notices of contemporary events to be found in his poems enable us to fix with tolerable certainty the period of his literary activity, and to judge approximately the outline of his life. Wolfram's greatest work, the Parzival, was apparently written within the early years of the thirteenth century; he makes constant allusions to events happening, and to works produced, within the first decade of that period; and as his latest work, the Willehalm, left unfinished, mentions as recent the death of the Landgrave Herman of Thuringia, which occurred in 1216, the probability seems to be that the Parzival was written within the first fifteen years of the thirteenth century. Inasmuch, too, as this work bears no traces of immaturity in thought or style, it is probable that the date of the poet's birth cannot be placed much later than 1170.

Parzival

Parzival
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre:
ISBN: 9780439198929

A retelling of the Arthurian legend in which Parzival, unaware of his noble birth, comes of age through his quest for the Holy Grail.

The Stranger in Medieval Society

The Stranger in Medieval Society
Author: F. R. P. Akehurst
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 170
Release:
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1452903115

The Stranger in Medieval Society was first published in 1998. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. The Stranger in Medieval Society examines the presence of outsiders in medieval Europe. Whether welcome or unwelcome, voluntary or involuntary, strangers appear in every society; they leave their own communities, venture into new environments, confront differences, and often spark changes. The first collection in medieval studies to concentrate on the notion of the stranger, these essays show how outsiders influenced the culture of Europe in the Middle Ages. Among the topics explored are Edward III and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as historical and literary instances of chivalric skill and courage; political conflict in the late French epic Renaut de Montauban; and a group of people who were doubly strangers-some thirty thousand Jews, who after being expelled from France in 1306 returned under an experimental agreement a few years later. Contributors: William Calin, U of Florida; Susan Crane, Rutgers; Maria Dobozy, U of Utah; Edward R. Haymes, Cleveland State U; William Chester Jordan, Princeton U; Derek Pearsall, Harvard U; William D. Phillips Jr., U of Minnesota; Kathryn L. Reyerson, U of Minnesota; and Janet L. Solberg, Kalamazoo College. F. R. P. Akehurst is professor of French in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Minnesota. Stephanie Cain Van D'Elden is director of graduate studies for the program in Germanic philology at the University of Minnesota. This is volume 12 in the Medieval Cultures Series

The Grail Cypher

The Grail Cypher
Author: Ralph Ellis
Publisher: Edfu Books Ltd
Total Pages: 672
Release: 2015-09-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 1514702630

The secrets of Arthurian history revealed

Morgan le Fay, Shapeshifter

Morgan le Fay, Shapeshifter
Author: Jill M. Hebert
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2013-03-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1137022655

This study re-examines Morgan le Fay in early medieval and contemporary Arthurian sources, arguing that she embodies the concerns of each era even as she defies social and gender expectations. Hebert uses leFay as a lens to explore traditional ideas of femininity, monstrousness, resistance, identity, and social expectations for women and men alike.

Arthurian Literature

Arthurian Literature
Author: Bart Besamusca
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2007
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1843841169

Essays demonstrating that Arthur belonged to the whole of Europe - not just England.

The Templar Treasure

The Templar Treasure
Author: Tobias Daniel Wabbel
Publisher: Trine Day
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2014-01-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 1937584356

Following author Tobias Wabbel’s research and investigation throughout Europe, this book solves the mystery of the treasure of the Knights Templar. The most up-to-date archeological and historical information is discussed, from the history of the Knights Templar and the history of the Israelites and the Ark of the Covenant, to medieval literature and Gothic cathedral architecture. Disproving common theories—the Knights Templar never guarded the pilgrimage ways in Palestine, there is no Priory of Sion, there is no bloodline from Jesus to the present day, and there is no authentic Shroud of Turin—the book also proves the existence of the sacred Ark of the Covenant, also known as the treasure of the Knights Templar, which is still hidden in France. Wabbel researched iconography in the architecture of cathedrals and chapels, and found more evidence in texts and inscriptions that led to his theory on the location of the Templar treasure. Both a travel guide to the secrets of the treasure of the Knights Templar and a fascinating read, this book will shake commonly held beliefs on this interconnected history and renew the interest in it.

A Companion to Wagner's Parsifal

A Companion to Wagner's Parsifal
Author: William Kinderman
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2005
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1571132376

New essays demonstrating and exploring the abiding fascination of Wagner's controversial work.