On March 16 1244 over 200 Cathars were captured in their fortress stronghold of Montsegur and were burned alive by troops of the Inquisition. While some Cathar enclaves survived into the next century this was the deathblow to a religion that had been a powerful symbol of Occitain sovereignty against[...]

In a masterful blend of history, geography, and literature, Jean Markale re-creates the true King Arthur, the real-life Celtic warrior-hero who organized the resistance to the Saxon onslaught in fifth-century England. Markale's unsurpassed knowledge of Celtic history has enabled him to reconstruct f[...]

A comprehensive look at the Grail that reveals its fundamentally Celtic nature beneath layers of Christian interpretations Emphasizes the significance of the Quest as an archetype of spiritual seeking By the world's preeminent authority on Celtic civilizationThe Grail has long excited the imaginatio[...]