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Medieval Lives

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2004-2004
1 Season
Documentary

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Terry Jones hosts this series that looks at the real facts about the Middle Ages and its roots.

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Terry Jones

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Peter Barber

Self

Faye Getz

Self

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Episode 1

The Knight

29 mins

THE YEAR: 1278. THE PLACE: open country near Le Hem, in Picardy. A court is assembled; the field is laid out for a tournament and splendidly bedecked ladies are watching from a platform. At their center is a queen, none other than King Arthur's wife, the lady Guinevere. Alongside her is an even more surprising figure: the Lady of Courtesy. A herald in full finery has proclaimed that Queen Guinevere requires all who want to pursue love in arms to appear before her; and before they can join her court they must joust. Now seven identically dressed knights appear and surrender themselves to the queen, saying they have been defeated by the knight with a lion. The knight in question then arrives with his lion and seven damsels, Guinevere's ladies, whom he has rescued from the seven knights in a week-long quest.

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Awards

2004 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming - nominated

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