Date Line of the Grail Literature
987 Hugh Capet becomes king of France 1012 appearance of Cathars in Languedoc 1040 Chanson de Roland (earliest date) 1050 Mabinogion 1050 Vezelay, monks claim body of Mary Magdalene 1065 Rabbi Solomon bar Isaac founds Kabbalah school at Champagne in Troyes 1066 Norman invasion, Battle of Hastings, William becomes king of England 1070 Hughes de Payns born near Troyes (led first crusade) 1076 Synod of Worms, HRE Henry IV & Pope Greg VII depose each other 1071 William (Guillaume) IX, 1st troub, Eleanor's g-fath, becomes Count of Poitiers 1084 Henry IV conquers Rome and replaces Greg VII with Clement III 1088 Hasan ibn al-Sabbah begins Ismaili order of Assassins at Alamut 1099 1st Crusade, Peter Bartholomew finds Spear of Longinus 1115 Chanson de Roland (latest date) 1119 founding of Templars 1120 Modena archivolt depicts rescue of Guenivere 1136 Geoffrey of Monmouth writes Historia Regum Britanniae 1140 Writing of El Cid 1152 Eleanor of Aquitaine becomes queen of England 1155 Wace writes Roman de Brut 1164 Eleanor's dau Marie becomes Countess of Champagne, 1st "court of love" 1165 Chrétien writes Lancelot ou Chevalier de Charette 1170 Lais of Marie de France 1180 Chrétien writes Conte del Graal 1181 Marie of Champagne becomes regent of Champagne 1187 Battle of Hattin, Saladin captures "true cross" 1189 Eleanor of Aquitaine becomes regent of Eng for her son Rich lion-heart 1190 writing of Perlesvaus 1195 pseudo-Wauchier writes 1st Continuation 1193 Geraldis Cambresis writes of finding Arthur's grave at Glastonbury 1200 Wauchier de Danain writes 2nd Continuation 1200 Sefer ha-Bahir written in Provence by Isaac the Blind 1200 writing of Nibelungenlied 1200 Ulrich von Zatzikoven writes Lanzelet 1200 Elucidation and Bliocadrin written 1200 Robert de Borron writes Joseph d'Arimathie 1202 Robert de Borron writes Perceval 1204 Wolfram writes Parsival 1204 Death of Eleanor of Aquitaine 1208 Walter Map dies 1209 siege of Beziers 1210 von dem Turlin writes Diu Crone 1214 Menassier writes 3rd Continuation 1215 establishment of Dominican order, Inquisition given into their hands 1215 4th Lateran Council (12th Ecumenical) confirms real presence 1220 Queste written 1225 Vulgate Cycle finished 1226 Gerbert de Montreuil writes 4th Continuation 1230 Roman du Graal, pseudo-Borron collection 1230 Prose Tristan 1230 Papal Inquisition, administered by Dominicans 1244 fall of Montsegur 1271 9th and last crusade 1291 fall of Acre, end of Christian rule in Syria 1305 Papacy moves to Avignon 1307 arrest of Knights Templar in Fance 1312 Pope Clement dissolves Templars 1320 Sir Percyvalle of Galles without Grail 1321 execution of last known Cathar perfect: Guillaume Belibaste in Languedoc 1344 Edward III establishes new Order of Round Table RESTORATION 1375 Papacy returns to Italy 1390 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 1429 Joan of Arc 1470 Mallory writes Morte d'Arthur 1590 Spenser writes Faerie Queen MODERN 1842 Tennyson writes Idylls of the King 1882 Wagner writes Parsifal