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By: ccyager

ccyager — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:13:01 +0000

Hugo, this is very interesting. I had no idea that “Perceval” had such a twisted history! Somehow, the Franco-Norman charade certainly fits in with the original Perceval legend about not asking questions, simply accepting what you see even if you don’t understand it. This is what drew me to the name to begin with. Thanks for following up with this comment!

By: Hugo Shebbeare

Hugo Shebbeare — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:03:03 +0000

After the Franco-Normans had conquered England, they though it best to convince the local Angles, Welsh, and Saxons, who had all thier leaders hunted down and slaughtered (unless they swore allegiance, of course) that the new overlords were related to the Round Table Crowd.
So the legend of Arthur was updated with a twist that included Norman knights such as Percival (Robert D’Ivry de Perceval). See youtube The Normans (loss of identity) – there was even a point where graves were dug up, all in the name of propaganda and to tie the new leaders to being part of the land and legends.
Roman Emperors did this too, linking themselves to the source of Rome, stating their descendence from Romulus and Remus. See what Octavian did once he became Augustus, even to the point of buiding a place on the Palantine Hill, just next to the cave where the wolf was supposed to have raised these famous twins.

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