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Terry Jones' Medieval Lives

Episode 2: The Monk

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

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. Show less

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