Terry Jones' Medieval Lives
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| Terry Jones' Medieval Lives | |
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| Genre | Documentary |
| Written by | Terry Jones |
| Directed by | Nigel Miller |
| Presented by | Terry Jones |
| Composer(s) | David Mitcham |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
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| Producer(s) | Paul Bradshaw · Nigel Miller |
| Distributor | Oxford Film and Television Production |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC Two |
| Original run | January 3 – January 24, 2004 |
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| Related shows | Terry Jones' Barbarians |
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| IMDb profile | |
Terry Jones' Medieval Lives is a 2004 Emmy award nominated television documentary series produced for the BBC. Written and hosted by Terry Jones, each half-hour episode examines a particular Medieval personality, with the intent of separating myth from reality.
The episode The Peasant was nominated for Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming at the 2004 Emmy Awards.
Dr. Faye Getz acted as consultant for the series.
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[edit] Alternative takes on History
Being a comedian as well as a historian, Terry Jones takes an "established belief", turns that around and presents proof for his assertion.
In the episode on Kings, he says, "History isn't necessarily what happened. It's often what people want us to think happened.", with the following examples:
- Richard the Lionheart was actually a bad king, who only saw England (which he hated) as a means to finance his warmongery, whereas Richard III did a lot of good for England. Modern perceptions of these kings are reversed because chroniclers of the time were commissioned to write what was politically most convenient.
- Louis was (acclaimed as) a king of England yet appears in no history books as such (see First Baron's War).
Terry Jones explains his main reason for making this series in the article The Middle Ages of reason in The Observer.
[edit] Episode List
The eight episodes were as follows:
- The Peasant
- The Monk
- The Damsel
- The Minstrel
- The Knight
- The Philosopher (Alchemist)
- The Outlaw
- The King
[edit] Companion book
- Jones, Terry & Alan Ereira (Feb 5, 2004). Terry Jones' Medieval Lives. BBC Books (hardcover). ISBN 978-0563487937.
- Jones, Terry & Alan Ereira (May 5, 2005). Terry Jones' Barbarians. BBC Books (paperback). ISBN 978-0563522751.
[edit] External links
- BBC Worldwide press release
- Python slams 'overrated' Renaissance BBC News article
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