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The story of Abelard and Heloise —revealed through their own writings and love letters—have intrigued people since the 12th century. They n...

The 12th century saw a burgeoning of literature by figures whose names we actually know, like Marie de France and Chrétien de Troyes (menti...

In Part 1 we learned that the first mention of the grail was as a miraculous serving dish. The day before we learned that Robert de Boron ...

When it comes to stories about the Middle Ages, the story of the Holy Grail is, you might say, the Holy Grail of stories. The first mention ...

Robert de Boron was a French poet of the late 12th/early 13th centuries. There are two texts in Old French that are definitively attributed ...