Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction
4. Chrétien’s Intention xvii
5. The First Continuation: the Unimportance of the Holy Grail xxii
6. The Second Continuation: Wandering Astray xxvi
7. Gerbert’s Continuation: the Crusading Knight xxxii
8. The Third Continuation: Revenge xxxix
9. The Elucidation Prologue and Bliocadran xlv
10. Reading Aloud xlvi
11. Dates l
12. Manuscripts l
13. Modern editions li
14. Further Reading li
15. Chrétien de Troyes: Perceval
16. Chrétien’s Prologue 1
17. The Welsh Boy 2
18. A Pie, a Ring and a Kiss 7
19. The Red Knight 8
20. Training in Arms 13
21. The Siege of Beaurepaire 16
22. A Grail and a Lance 27
23. No Questions Asked 30
24. The Proud Knight of the Glade 33
25. Blood in the Snow 37
26. The Price of Perceval’s Failure 41
27. The Tournament at Tintagel 42
28. Sir Gawain is Besieged 49
29. Perceval and his Hermit Uncle 54
30. Gawain and the Haughty Girl 57
31. The Castle of the White-haired Queen 63
32. The Perilous Ford 71
33. The First Continuation
34. Arthur and his court set out to see the combat (1–503) 79
35. King Arthur’s Mother 83
36. Preparing for Battle 86
37. Gawain’s Battle with Guiromelant 90
38. Gawain’s Anger 93
39. The Maiden of the Ivory Horn 94
40. The Broken Sword 107
41. Gawain’s Adventure at Montesclaire 110
42. Gawain is Accused Again 116
43. A Double Duel 117
44. The Siege of Branlant 121
45. The Portrait of Gawain 126
46. Eliavret the Enchanter 131
47. Carados is Knighted 132
48. The Beheading Game 135
49. Carados Exposes his Mother 137
50. Carados Rescues Guinier 138
51. The Great Tournament 142
52. The Enchanted Serpent 154
53. The Healing of Guinier’s Breast 173
54. The Healing of Guinier’s Breast 175
55. The Mission to Rescue Girflet 177
56. Kay, the Dwarf and the Peacock 180
57. Bran de Lis and Gawain’s Child 183
58. The Jousts at the Proud Castle 198
59. The Rich Soldier 202
60. The Search for Gawain’s Son 209
61. The Death of the Unknown Knight 211
62. The Black Hand 214
63. The Grail and the Lance Again 215
64. The Grail and the Lance Again 220
65. The Swan-Boat 224
66. Guerrehés and the Little Knight 227
67. Guerrehés and the Little Knight 231
68. The Second Continuation
69. The Lord of the Horn 237
70. The Castle of the Magic Chessboard 240
71. The Castle of the Magic Chessboard 243
72. The Murdered Boy 246
73. The Murdered Boy 247
74. The Dead Knight Odinial 253
75. Perceval and the Giant 253
76. The Amorous Ford 256
77. The Fair Unknown 258
78. Perceval Returns to Blancheflor 260
79. The Handsome Knight and the Ugly Damsel 265
80. The Handsome Knight and the Ugly Damsel 268
81. The Castle of the Maidens 274
82. Recovering the Dog and the Stag’s Head 278
83. Crossing the Bridge of Glass 283
84. The Unfinished Bridge 289
85. The Tournament at the Proud Castle 294
86. Trapped in the Tomb 298
87. The Magic Chessboard 300
88. The Madness of Mount Dolorous 305
89. The Madness of Mount Dolorous 306
90. The Little Knight’s Shield 312
91. The Tournament in the Blanche Lande 317
92. The Tournament in the Blanche Lande 321
93. The War against King Carras 325
94. The Pillar on Mount Dolorous 328
95. Perceval Nears the Grail Castle 333
96. Perceval and the Fisher King 335
97. Gerbert’s Continuation
98. Perceval Breaks his Sword 339
99. Perceval Breaks his Sword 341
100. The Healing Letter 346
101. The Perilous Seat 348
102. The Faithless Lover 352
103. A Demon in the Shape of a Girl 358
104. The Meaning of the Broken Sword 359
105. Perceval Learns his Mother’s Name 361
106. A Stranger Challenges Arthur’s Knights 365
107. Beaten by Minstrels 372
108. Tristran Forgiven 377
109. Gorneman and the Demon Knights 378
110. The Healing Balm 383
111. Perceval Marries Blancheflor 388
112. Dragonel the Cruel 395
113. The Knight of the Cart 399
114. The Shield with the Red Cross 405
115. The Knight of the Dragon 410
116. Mordrain 420
117. The Ivory Chest 423
118. The Hidden Knife 437
119. The Worm in the Stone 450
120. Lugarel the Jealous 454
121. The Maiden in the Spring 457
122. The Brigands’ Girl 459
123. The Hermit’s Injunction 463
124. The Black Giant 466
125. The Search for Perceval 470
126. The Repair of the Broken Sword 473
127. The Third Continuation
128. Perceval and Sagremor 481
129. Sagremor and the Robber Knight 486
130. Sagremor at the Castle of the Maidens 488
131. Sagremor Rescues a Damsel 493
132. Gawain’s Unfinished Mission 495
133. Gawain Rescues Dodinel 498
134. King Margon 501
135. Gawain’s Battle with Kay 506
136. Gawain and Agravain 511
137. The Chapel of the Black Hand 513
138. The Devil Horse and the Demon Maiden 518
139. A Toll is Demanded 522
140. Perceval and Dodinel 523
141. Perceval Returns to Beaurepaire 526
142. Perceval’s Prisoners Submit to Arthur 530
143. The Coward Knight 531
144. The Vow to Search for Perceval 534
145. Boort Abandons his Brother 536
146. Boort’s Combat with Lionel 538
147. The Fair Bold Knight 542
148. The Healing Grail 545
149. Revenge for the Fisher King 547
150. The Healing of the Fisher King 549
151. Perceval Returns to Arthur 551
152. The Grail and the Lance Depart 554
153. Appendix 1 The Elucidation Prologue 557
154. Appendix 2 Bliocadran 562
155. Appendix 3 Independent conclusion to the Second Continuation in the Bern manuscript (Burgerbibliothek 113) 569
156. Glossary 571
157. Index 573