Terry Jones' Medieval Lives
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Call Number: DVD TV Terry
On Shelf At: Downtown Library
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Originally produced for British public television in 2004.
Special features (disc two): "Gladiators : the brutal truth" documentary, also hosted by Jones (c1999, 49 min.).
"16:9 enhanced" -- Disc labels.
Disc one (ca. 116 min.): The peasant ; The monk ; The damsel ; The minstrel -- Disc two (ca. 115 min.). The knight ; The philosopher ; The outlaw ; The king.
Presenter, Terry Jones.
"Legendary Monty Python star and medieval scholar Terry Jones has been leafing through the history books to find out what the medieval world was really like. What he discovered is a treasure trove of extraordinary stories and characters that challenge those tired traditional stereotypes... Each episode explores the role and function of a different medieval archetype" -- Container.
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital stereo.
COMMUNITY REVIEWS
Medival Lives submitted by 0liviap0pp on June 22, 2012, 2:23pm Terry Jones portrays a variety of different Medieval peoples' lives, such as a peasant, a monk, and the king. Each portrayal is actually highly amusing (in one of them, he falls into a pile of dung).
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
In English.
PUBLISHED
Burbank, CA : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video, c2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: 2 videodiscs (231 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1419859641
9781419859649
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Jones, Terry, 1942-
Oxford Film and Television.
British Broadcasting Corporation.
History Channel (Great Britain)
2 Entertain Video (Firm)
Warner Home Video (Firm)
SUBJECTS
Civilization, Medieval.
Historical television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.