Before reading The Quest of the Holy Grail, one must keep in mind that it is a piece of medieval literature, not a well-known novel. With that thought in mind, this convoluted and highly symbolic work will satisfy those provoked in the medieval quest for the Holy Grail, however it would be somewhat misleading to those wanting a modern page-turner. For those willing to venture into medieval religious allegory I would highly urge the reading of The Quest of the Holy Grail. I have already read it three times for three separate classes, and each time I do I get more out of it.
Even though this book is much of a shortcoming from what people foresee in an Arthurian tale it does encompass a remarkable amount of spiritual guidance. This book analyzes…
It is the story of a quest of the grail used to annex the blood of Christ. Before the knights find the Holy Grail they must demonstrate to themselves faithfulness and true knightly hood of the Christian faith. Those who have done wrong must try to ask forgiveness and change their ways, such as Lancelot tries to do, but fails to do so because he has too corrupt a nature to alter his path. Even those who have never been sinful must confess and follow in the Lords path to find the Holy Grail. This is a very earnest story that teaches those who listen to repent and to be righteous. It encompasses a period of history of the Christian religion, which I feel in my life experience is rarely talked about. During this historical era, religion had as much authority over a person as their king, if not more. People attended church as much as they possibly could. I have found that some relate to these simpler times as better than now because at least then people took time to spend in religious undertakings and did not have to spend every waking minute working or recovering from working.
In conclusion, I believe this book contains many spiritual struggles as well as mental struggles in contrary to the more trivial literature about this era. Other books uphold the structure of the more appalling behavior of the time. The Quest of the Holy Grail invites…
