by Jean Markale · Pygmalion · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782857042839
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«Brocéliande et l'énigme du Graal» is the historical essay by Jean Markale, published by Pygmalion in paperback (320 pages, in French).
Starting from the forest of Brocéliande, identified today with that of Paimpont, Jean Markale explores how the medieval imagination of Western Europe populated that place with knights, fairies and wizards, with kings like Arthur and enchanters like Merlin, and analyzes the meaning of the Grail: blood of Christ, alchemical elixir or key to an inner quest?
It belongs to the Histoire de la France secrète collection and its original French edition dates from 1989.
For readers interested in medieval history, Celtic mythology and Arthurian Grail legends.
Jean Markale was the pen name of Jean Bertrand, a French historian, writer, poet, radio show host, lecturer and high school French teacher who lived in Brittany. As a former specialist in Celtic studies at the Sorbonne, he researched pre-Christian and medieval culture and spirituality. He published numerous books about Celtic civilization, particularly the place of women in Celtic culture, and Arthurian literature.
