Terry Jones' Medieval Lives

  • : 2004
  • : 8
  • : 5
  • BBC Two
  • Documentary History

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The Outlaw
Episode overview
24, 2004
Outlaws, men like Robin Hood, dressed in tights and little short tunics, living in the forest and fearlessly standing up for justice for the common man. But did a Medieval outlaw like .. show full overview
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The Peasant
Episode overview
09, 2004
Terry Jones investigates the feudal system and the Peasants' Revolt, and discovers the truth about the Medieval Peasant in the process.
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The Monk
Episode overview
16, 2004
The Medieval monk was dedicated to God, and lived a life of prayer, hard work and poverty. But are the things we think we know, really true? Terry Jones travels around Europe in an attempt to reveal the truth about monks in the Middle Ages.
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The Damsel
Episode overview
23, 2004
The Medieval damsel is nowadays seen as a beautiful, but helpless woman, forever in need of a knight in shining armor to rescue her. But were damsels really such passive females, or are .. show full overview
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The Minstrel
Episode overview
01, 2004
We usually see the minstrel as a jolly and free man, who was popular with the kings and with the ladies. But was it really like that? Terry Jones investigates what we think we know about Medieval life, and finds some unexpected insights.
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The Knight
Episode overview
08, 2004
Terry begins by explaining that the common perception of the knight may in fact be historically inaccurate. William the Bastard (later known as William the Conqueror) conquered England .. show full overview
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The Philosopher
Episode overview
15, 2004
Terry Jones examination of Philosophers, their mythic pursuit of a "stone", alchemy and medicine in the Medieval world. Dispelling myths on the fanciful ideas of belief in a flat earth. .. show full overview
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The King
Episode overview
29, 2004
We think we know who the kings of the Medieval world were. But do we really know them? Terry Jones tries to find out the truth about the powerful men of the age.