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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
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ADD NOTES- This is the third episode on the DVD set. Edit
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ADD QUOTES- Terry: Her parents can't wait to oblige the bishop with their daughter's ...well, I would say 'hand', but that's not quite what the wicked Ranulf has in mind. Edit
- Terry: Intermarriage was encouraged by William the Conqueror, as a way of embedding his men in their country. Christina, however, had no intention of getting embedded with anybody. Edit
- Terry (opening lines): Once upon a time there lived a damsel. She was the fairest in the land. Her beauty was celebrated far and wide. And she was as modest as she was chaste. But she was held captive in a high tower, and there she awaited rescue by a handsome knight. Helpless, threatened, forever in need of rescue. The Medieval damsel is an archetype of the passive female. But did she ever really exist? Edit
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