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Friday, May 15, 2009

How People Really Lived Back Then

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When you watch a movie that takes place during the middle ages, have you ever wondered if people really lived that way? Were knights really chivalrous? How did a peasant live? What does being a damsel really mean?

I came across an old 2004 series that answers those questions: Terry Jones' Medieval Lives. In case you didn't already know it, Terry Jones is part of the Monty Python team. He is a historian as well as a comedian, and his mission is to separate the fact from the romanticized notions of this time in history.

And the good news is, you can watch the entire season on YouTube. YouTube now has a new "TV Shows" section (http://www.youtube.com/shows) and a "Movies" section (http://www.youtube.com/movies). Granted they're the older shows and movies, but if you've never seen them before, that still qualifies as "new," right :-)?

Here's a list of the episodes:

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