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Summary: Funny, entertaining, and very educational...
Review: When most people think of the Crusades, they think of chivalry, honor, gallantry. Terry Jones, of Monty Python fame and the History Channel combine humor and education in setting the record straight in this funny and educational series. There are all sorts of crazy stuff going on...black and white film trailers of their exploits, seige machines tossing rocks and horse heads over walls, and Terry himself walking across a desert in mail-armor 2 stones in weight. While amusing, there is also interwoven a good deal of historical first-hand accounts and historical backdrop...all these things keep the viewer entertained while educating, and dispel the myth of the crusades for a realism that makes you laugh and think.
Rating:
Summary: Giggle and Learn!
Review: Who better than Terry Jones (Say no more, say no more, nudge nudge wink wink) to host a fresh look at warfare - in the name of Religion mind you - during the Middles Ages? Rather conceited, in the name of reclaiming the Holy Lands (excuse for adventure and to loot!) - The Church not only encouraged the Crusades but sponsored them! It was a way a Knight could pay dispensation for sins of life and earn his way to heaven - by lopping of the heads of the Infidel (and stealing everything they had). For Centuries, involving the royal heads of France, Britain and Europe, the seemingly endless Crusades raged on and on. So who better to explain the unexplainable madness, but the head jester himself! Terry Jones wrote each episode and starred as the host, trying to muddle through the mounds of nonsense involved everything connected to the religious sponsored mayhem. With his brilliantly incisive humour that made Monty Python was it was, he dons chain mail and pointy toe armour and has it. It is great fun for the whole family and a painless way to have a good introduction to the Crusades.
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