Richard Barber's The Holy Grail, Imagination and Belief, published by Harvard University Press in 2004, is a scholarly literary and cultural history of the Grail legend, tracing its development from Robert de Boron's medieval romances through the legend's later attachment to Glastonbury and Joseph of Arimathea. Barber is a recognized medieval historian, and the book rests on standard university press peer review and close reading of the medieval romance sources. It is a history of the legend's literary development, not a claim that any physical Grail relic is authentic, a separate question the legend's own believers and skeptics dispute on other grounds.
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Richard Barber's The Holy Grail, Imagination and Belief, published by Harvard University Press in 2004, the middle tier reflecting standard university press peer review and Barber's standing as a recognized medieval historian tracing the Grail legend's literary development from Robert de Boron's medieval romances through its later attachment to Glastonbury, notwithstanding that it is a history of the legend's literary development and not a claim that any physical Grail relic is authentic, a separate question its own believers and skeptics dispute on other grounds. NotesHistory of the Grail legend, including Robert de Boron and the Glastonbury attachment of Joseph of Arimathea.
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AuthorRichard Barber
PublisherHarvard University Press
Publication Year2004
Source TypeScholarly work
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This source names Joseph of Arimathea directly: "later attachment to Glastonbury and Joseph of Arimathea."
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This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Figures, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.
- Articles, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.
- Sacred Sites, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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