Terry Jones' Medieval Lives
BBC (ended 2004)
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Season 1
- Ep 9The Peasant3/29/04
- Ep 8The Peasant1/24/04
Terry Jones investigates the feudal system and the Peasants' Revolt, and discovers the truth about the Medieval Peasant in the process. - Ep 8The Outlaw3/22/04
- Ep 7The Outlaw1/24/04
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 this ever exist, or is it just part of a widely believed myth? Terry Jones travels Britain and Europe in search of the answer to this very question.moreless - Ep 7The Minstrel3/15/04
- Ep 6The Minstrel1/17/04
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. - Ep 6The Philosopher3/8/04
- Ep 5The Philosopher1/17/04
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. The ideas of the Franciscan Friar Roger Bacon. Holistic medicine and transmutation. The actual basis of scientific thought and how the Church fomented these pursuits for glory and profit. To the four humours of Medieval health Terry Jones adds his own while he travels to unearth their place in Medieval life.moreless - Ep 5The Damsel3/1/04
- Ep 4The Damsel1/10/04
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 the stories we think we know about them, simply not true? Terry Jones travels around Europe in search for an answer to that question.moreless - Ep 4The King2/23/04
- Ep 3The King1/10/04
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. - Ep 2The Monk1/3/04
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. - Ep 1The Knight1/3/04
Medieval knights were brave, dedicated to God and love. They rescued many a damsel in distress and gave chivalry its name. At least, that's how we picture the knight now. But were they really like that? ''Terry Jones travels around Europe to reveal the truth about the Medieval knight.
