A wooden bowl from Wales later associated with healing traditions and claims of being the Holy Grail.
Explore the world of medieval tournaments — from their origins as knightly training grounds to their grandeur in Arthurian legend. Discover jousts, melees, and the legendary contests at Winchester and Camelot where chivalry was tested and heroes were made.
- ARTHURIAN CHARACTERS
- Arthuriana
- Clerics, Hermits, and Holy Figures
- French Romance Tradition
- Grail Tradition
- Source | Cronica sive Antiquitates Glastoniensis Ecclesie
- Source | De Antiquitate Glastoniensis Ecclesiae
- Source | Joseph d'Arimathie
- Source | Post-Vulgate Cycle
- Source | Post-Vulgate Queste del Saint Graal
- Source | Sone de Nausay
- Source | Vulgate Estoire del Saint Graal
- Source | Vulgate Queste del Saint Graal
- The Grail Lineage
- THE GRAIL TRADITION
Joseph of Arimathea is remembered in Arthurian tradition as the first keeper of the Holy Grail. A figure rooted in the Gospels, he bridges biblical history and medieval legend, carrying the relic of Christ’s Passion into the lineage that would one day lead to the Grail quest of Arthur’s knights.





