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Veronica Ortenberg.
In Search of the Holy Grail: The Quest for the Middle Ages.
Published London: Hambledon Continuum, 2006.
ISBN 1852853832;
ISBN-13: 9781852853839.
Binding: hardback, perfect bound.
Printer: MPG Books, Cornwall.
Size: 161x239x31mm.
Page count: text xv,336pp; plates 8pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: the dustjacket on this copy is a bit scuffed, a little wear on its edges and corners; pages starting to yellow with age; some evidence of handling internally, but the text appears to be free of marking.

This item £16.50
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(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Publisher’s price £35.00]
Weight without packaging: 716g.

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No particular Arthurian emphasis, rather after tracing a brief history of medievalism, the book examines the ways in which modern culture has adapted versions of the Middle Ages to its own ends, particularly in the media and advertising.

Contents: Survival & revival; Gothic thoughts; Romantic visions; From Aachen to Maastricht; The Celtic bandwagon; King Arthur; Medieval inspirations; Camelot goes celluloid; Selling the Middle Ages; Which Middle Ages?

Illustrations: 9 text illustrations, plus 8 pages of plates, all monochrome
Maps & plans:

Notes: at end of book
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 34pp
Index: yes

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