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The Holy Grail

In Our Time: Religion

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The dread allure of the holy grail has fascinated writers and ensnared nights about a thousand years ago. It has one of the richest associations of any artifact in british myth but where does it spring from? What does it symbolize? And why are its stories so resolutely set in these islands and so often written by the french? With me on this quest for the truth behind the holy Grail: Caroline laring, Ire caroline larrington, Jonathan riley smith dix; juliet wood, associate lecture at cardiff university.

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