A FLEETING WISP OF GLORY: ONCE AND FUTURE KINGS

To think on the Middle Ages is to summon the unreal. As Western Europe fell into economic and cultural ruin following the collapse of the Roman Empire, its tenebrous afterglow would be defined by soaring myths. Unicorns. Dragons. Catholicism. Chivalry. Divine Mandates. The Knights of the Round Table. These larger-than-life creatures and causes all summon supreme composure in the face of the unknown. Considering this fantastical fugue in the history of Western civilization, this series interrogates the weight conferred upon the grandest of all legends in the Dark Ages and beyond: King Arthur and his quest for the Holy Grail.