Besson, Florian

Did Godfrey of Bouillon find the Grail? The First Crusade and Albert of Aachen’s “suspended vase” - 2024.


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‪In his Historia of the First Crusade, Albert of Aachen describes a relic placed in the heart of the Templum Salomonis, in Jerusalem, discovered by the crusaders during the capture of the Holy City: a golden vase containing the blood of Christ. A Grail before the term existed! This relic speaks volume about how the chronicler imagines the Holy Land and the First Crusade.‪