Ademir Luiz da SILVA

The chivalrous ideal of Saint Bernard in The Holy Grail Demand

O ideal cavaleiresco de São Bernardo em A Demanda do Santo Graal

Published in Relations between History and Literature in Ancient and Medieval World

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The Knight Templar Order was established in Palestine, between 1118 and 1119, after the Christian victory on the First Great Crusades, aiming to protect the palmeiros visitors at the Holy Sites. By fits and starts the former warrior monks reached fame and under Bernardo de Claraval intellectual tutorage the Templar was soon spread throughout Europe. The demand, the quest symbol, replaced the crusade sentiment. The literary meaning of these standards, including the joaquimita millenarian strong influence, can be found in Portuguese version of the French feat novel The Holy Grail Demand.