Terry Jones' Medieval Lives
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Terry Jones' Medieval Lives is a series of documentaries written and hosted by ex-Python Terry Jones and originally aired by the BBC. Each half-hour episode examines a particular Medieval personality, with the intent of separating myth from reality.
Terry Jones explains his main reason for making this series in the article The Middle Ages of reason (http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,1143405,00.html) in The Observer.
Episodes have been created about:
- The Peasant
- The Monk
- The Damsel
- The Minstrel
- The Knight
- The Philosopher
- The Outlaw
- The King
- The Alchemist
After its initial run on the BBC, the series was shown on the History Channel.