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Myth of the Month 19: The Holy Grail -- pt. 2

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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The Crown of Thorns in Paris Is Not a Supposed Lord's Cup

There is no mention in any of those records from that time or later, to any sacred cup or lord's cup. So it more likely is a spurious, a relic that was elevated to that status at some point in late antiquity. We really cannot know that the chalice in spain is the same thing that is referred to in these documents about jerusalem. There's just no indication at all that anybody in christian spain regarded this chalice as anything other than a nice, jewelled chalice.

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