AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
3min chapter
Myth of the Month 19: The Holy Grail -- pt. 2
Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong
The Real Holy Grail From the Last Supper
There are some literary references in the early romances that provide some basis for suspecting that the templars were connected to the legend of the grail. The cathars, the reallythere's just no reason at all to thinkthat there's any relationship there. And in fact, theologically they're miles apart. But basically, people in the mid twentieth century started stringing together these sort of associations of mystery, secrecy and lost secret societies. They came up with madcap theories that the grail was hidden at monseg ur in france, or something like that.
00:00
Transcript
Episode notes
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode