Terry Jones' Medieval Lives is a 2004 television documentary series produced for the BBC.
Written and hosted by Terry Jones, each half-hour episode examines a particular medieval personality, with the intent of separating myth from reality.
The episode The Peasant was nominated for Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming at the 2004 Emmy Awards.
Being a comedian as well as an historian, Jones takes an established belief, turns that around, and presents proof for his assertion.
And I'm sick to death of that ridiculous assumption that before the Renaissance human beings had no sense of individuality."