Knight Documentary
I watched a 29 minute documentary on knights in the middle ages by Terry Jones. This documentary attempted to explore the roots of the knight stereotype, and see how close it was to the truth. My personal vision of a medieval knight was changed, due to exposure of some amazing facts.
One interesting note was how we learn knights respected women and especially damsels in distress. They were always fair and kindhearted to these unlucky women. However, if a knight came upon another knight with a lady in his care, he could challenge him to a duel for rights to the lady. If he won, he could do whatever he wanted to the lady with no damage to his chivalrous reputation. It is essential to point out that by anything, I mean anything. Before this documentary, I never would have thought a knight would rape a stranded woman because he won her.
Filed under: 2009 Spring, Documentary Film