Not your usual fairy tale ending

We come now to Episode 3 Season One, "The Damsel." If you think women during the Middle Ages were the come hither beauties eager to be rescued in their hour of need by a knight in shining armor on a white steed, think again.

Women were anything but chaste, demure or pure in those days. Take for instance the story of Christina of Markyate who in 1066 defied her parents, and the very Bishop of Durham himself to retain her chastity for God, or Margery, Countess of Carrick in Scotland who lured a knight into her castle, seduced him, and a result bore one of Scotland's greatest monarchs, the legendary Robert The Bruce.

This third installment also shows us how Black Death of 1350 which decimated the population thrust women into the forefront of society as they took on the traditional roles of men.

So, grab thy fair wife, sit back, drinketh some wine and enjoy Terry Jones' Medieval Lives, chapter 3.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL5CviNAhnk&feature=PlayList&p=GXxQQqRaQHA