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12.12.03
Terry
Jones' Medieval Lives
Famous
for lampooning the schoolboy view of the medieval world in Monty
Python and the Holy Grail, Terry Jones has a real passion for and
detailed knowledge of the Middle Ages.
In
Terry Jones' Medieval Lives his mission is to rescue the Middle
Ages from moth-eaten cliches and well-worn platitudes. Was medieval
England full of knights on horseback rescuing fainting damsels in
distress? Were the Middle Ages mired in superstition and ignorance?
Why does nobody ever mention King Louis the First and Last?
Terry
will start with a medieval archetype - the Knight, Peasant, Damsel
and Monk, Outlaw, King, Merchant and Physician - and in the course
of unravelling their role and function will meet a host of colourful
real-life characters, recreating their world by visiting key locations.
Terry
Jones and Alan Ereira are your guides to this most misrepresented
and misunderstand period pointing you to things that will surprise
and provoke. Medieval Lives accompanies a major Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ television series
of the same name, and presents Medieval Britain as you have never
seen it before - a vibrant society teaming with individuality, intrigue
and innovation.
The authors
TERRY
JONES is most famous as a member of Monty Python. He has directed
several feature films including Monty Python and the Holy Grail,
The Life of Brian, and The Meaning of Life. He is the author of
several children's books and of two books on medieval England: Chaucer's
Knight and the highly acclaimed Who Murdered Chaucer?
ALAN
ALEIRA was co-producer on the Crusades series. He has worked as
a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ radio and television producer, specialising in history since
1962. His credits include Battle of the Somme (Japan Prize 1978)
and Armada (Royal Television Society Best Documentary Series, 1988).
He is the author of The People's England, Crusades (along with Terry
Jones) The Invergordon Mutiny and The Heart of the World.
Terry
Jones' Medieval Lives is published on 5th February 2003 (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Books,
Β£18.99) and accompanies an 8 part series on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ TWO starting
late January/early February 2004.
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