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The Monk
Monty Python star and medieval enthusiast, Terry Jones, takes us on a tour of the Middle Ages. This week he investigates the truth behind the cloistered medieval monk.
Monty Python star and medieval enthusiast, Terry Jones, takes us on a tour of the Middle Ages, destroying old myths and discovering extraordinary stories of real people. This week, Terry investigates the truth behind the cloistered medieval monk, whose ideal of giving up the world for a life of prayer and isolation was all too often undermined by an ability to make money out of almost anything, from sheep to iron smelting.
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Thu 19 Jun 2008
19:30
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Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Terry Jones |
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- Sun 11 May 2008 20:30
- Thu 19 Jun 2008 19:30