Title Terry Jones' Medieval lives / an Oxford Film and Television production for BBC and the History Channel ; producer, Paul Bradshaw ; writer and presenter, Terry Jones.

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[England] : BBC Video ; [United States] : Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2008]

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Location	Call No.	Status
Manchester, Main Library - Media Room DVDs & Blu-rays	DVD 909.07 MEDIEVAL DISC 1	Check Shelf
Manchester, Main Library - Media Room DVDs & Blu-rays	DVD 909.07 MEDIEVAL DISC 2	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials	DVD 909.07 TER DISC 1-2	Check Shelf

Description	2 videodiscs (approximately 231 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details	DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo., NTSC.
Note	Title from container.
Cast	Terry Jones.
Note	Originally broadcast on BBC television in 2004.
Summary	With the help of animated medieval paintings, these wonderful tales bring the Middle Ages vividly to life in all its corruption, violence and greed, courage, enterprise and learning. Few people know about the dark side of chivalry or that women and serfs were not downtrodden creatures at all. Each episode explores the role and function of a different medieval archetype.
Contents	The peasant -- The monk -- The damsel -- The minstrel -- The knight -- The philosopher -- The outlaw -- The king.
Note	Special features: Gladiators: the brutal truth.
Language	English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	Peasants -- Great Britain -- Drama.
	Monks -- Great Britain -- Drama.
	Man-woman relationships -- Great Britain -- Drama.
	Minstrels -- Great Britain -- Drama.
	Philosophers, Ancient -- Drama.
	Outlaws -- Great Britain -- Drama.
	Kings and rulers, Ancient -- Drama.
	Medievalism -- Great Britain -- Drama.
	Historical television programs.
Genre/Form	Documentary television programs -- Great Britain.
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
	Nonfiction television programs.
Subject	Television programs.
Added Author	Bradshaw, Paul.
	Jones, Terry, 1942-2020
	Oxford Film and Television.
	British Broadcasting Corporation.
	History Channel (Great Britain)
	BBC Video (Firm)
	BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.
	Warner Home Video (Firm)
Added Title	Medieval lives
	Medieval lives (Television program)
ISBN	1419859641
	9781419859649
Standard No.	794051415424
Music No.	1000029698 BBC Video

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