6: The Philosopher (Alchemist) | Terry Jones’ Medieval Lives

Duration: 28'50''

Synopsis

Terry Jones takes us on a tour of the Middle Ages, looking at the medieval scientist, or philosopher as they were known then, and at the breakthroughs they made.

Further Information

More clips from Terry Jones' Medieval Lives

1: The Peasant | Terry Jones' Medieval Lives

1: The Peasant | Terry Jones' Medieval Lives

BBC Two | 2004 | 29'03''

Terry discovers that the much-maligned medieval peasant was in fact literate, emancipated and healthy.

2: The Monk | Terry Jones' Medieval Lives

2: The Monk | Terry Jones' Medieval Lives

BBC Two | 2004 | 28'49''

This week he investigates the truth behind the cloistered medieval monk.

3: The Damsel | Terry Jones' Medieval Lives

3: The Damsel | Terry Jones' Medieval Lives

BBC Two | 2004 | 29'13''

In this episode, a look at the world of the medieval damsel.

4: The Minstrel | Terry Jones' Medieval Lives

4: The Minstrel | Terry Jones' Medieval Lives

BBC Two | 2004 | 28'56''

Terry Jones takes us on a tour of the Middle Ages. He reveals that minstrels were medieval spin doctors and could be warriors, ...

5: The Knight | Terry Jones' Medieval Lives

5: The Knight | Terry Jones' Medieval Lives

BBC Two | 2004 | 28'57''

Knights were more interested in the fine art of killing people and profiting from war than romantic notions of chivalry.

8: The King | Terry Jones' Medieval Lives

8: The King | Terry Jones' Medieval Lives

BBC Two | 2004 | 29'05''

Terry Jones takes us on a tour of the Middle Ages. He asking just how much we know about our medieval kings, taking the three king ...

More resources about The Peasants’ Revolt and society in Medieval England

1: Medieval London | Filthy Cities

1: Medieval London | Filthy Cities

BBC Two | 2011 | 58'14''

Dan Snow gets down and dirty in medieval grime to discover how the London of today was forged in the filth of the 14th century.

1: The Peasant | Terry Jones' Medieval Lives

1: The Peasant | Terry Jones' Medieval Lives

BBC Two | 2004 | 29'03''

Terry discovers that the much-maligned medieval peasant was in fact literate, emancipated and healthy.

3: The Damsel | Terry Jones' Medieval Lives

3: The Damsel | Terry Jones' Medieval Lives

BBC Two | 2004 | 29'13''

In this episode, a look at the world of the medieval damsel.

1: Dicing with Destiny | Games Britannia

1: Dicing with Destiny | Games Britannia

BBC Four | 2009 | 58'34''

Series about the history of popular games in Britain. Ancient games were fundamental, but by the late Middle Ages gaming had become ...

2: Sex | Inside the Medieval Mind

2: Sex | Inside the Medieval Mind

BBC Four | 2008 | 58'20''

Robert Bartlett unearths remarkable evidence of the complex passions of men and women during the Middle Ages.

4: Peasants' Revolt to Tudors | Michael Wood's Story of England

4: Peasants' Revolt to Tudors | Michael Wood's Story of England

BBC Four | 2010 | 59'08''

A portrait of one village through the whole of English history. Amazing finds in the school archive help trac...

4: Power | Inside the Medieval Mind

4: Power | Inside the Medieval Mind

BBC Four | 2008 | 59'13''

Robert Bartlett lays bare the framework of the medieval class system, where inequality was part of the natural order and the life of serf...

4: The Minstrel | Terry Jones' Medieval Lives

4: The Minstrel | Terry Jones' Medieval Lives

BBC Two | 2004 | 28'56''

Terry Jones takes us on a tour of the Middle Ages. He reveals that minstrels were medieval spin doctors and could be warriors, ...

5: Table Games | Games People Played

5: Table Games | Games People Played

BBC Two | 1981 | 9'25''

This week table games featuring a stone board from Norwich Castle.

Christina: A Medieval Life

Christina: A Medieval Life

BBC Four | 2008 | 59'21''

Historian Michael Wood presents a portrait of ordinary people living through extraordinary times, tracing the story of Christina Cok, a peasant of...

Episode 2 | Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries

Episode 2 | Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries

BBC Four | 2015 | 59'09''

Janina Ramirez looks at how monasteries transformed society and rose to a position of immense power, only...

The Middle Ages: The Peasants' Revolt | History 11-13

The Middle Ages: The Peasants' Revolt | History 11-13

BBC Two | 1984 | 19'22''

The Peasants' Revolt by Keith Goodall is set in 1381, based on the true story of the grievances of the villeins forced ...