Medievalists.net » Monty Python and the Holy Grail http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Terry Gilliam’s deleted animations from Monty Python and The Holy Grail http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/16/terry-gilliams-deleted-animations-from-monty-python-and-the-holy-grail/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/16/terry-gilliams-deleted-animations-from-monty-python-and-the-holy-grail/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2015 12:40:21 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61792 To celebrate the 40th anniversary theatrical re-release of ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ and the release of the 40th anniversary Blu-Ray DVD Monty Python has put together this video of Terry Gilliam's lost animations from the film.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/16/terry-gilliams-deleted-animations-from-monty-python-and-the-holy-grail/feed/ 0 What is Your Favourite Scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail? http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/09/what-is-your-favourite-scene-from-monty-python-and-the-holy-grail/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/09/what-is-your-favourite-scene-from-monty-python-and-the-holy-grail/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2015 04:27:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57504 To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, here are some of the best scenes from the film. Vote for the one that is your favourite!

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/09/what-is-your-favourite-scene-from-monty-python-and-the-holy-grail/feed/ 0 Competition and tradition: Carolingian political rituals, 751-800 http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/15/competition-tradition-carolingian-political-rituals-751-800/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/15/competition-tradition-carolingian-political-rituals-751-800/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:19:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52600 In 751, the Carolingians supplanted the traditional ruling dynasty of Francia. This article surveys Carolingian political rituals between 751 and 800, and argues that ritual was one means through which this new royal family sought to construct and legitimate its authority against its dynastic competitors.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/15/competition-tradition-carolingian-political-rituals-751-800/feed/ 0 Not Dead Yet: Monty Python and the Holy Grail in the Twenty-first Century http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/13/dead-yet-monty-python-holy-grail-twenty-first-century/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/13/dead-yet-monty-python-holy-grail-twenty-first-century/#comments Sun, 14 Sep 2014 02:07:51 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52560 The destruction of film tradition, if not film as a medium, begins in Monty Python and the Holy Grail with the famous mobile credits.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/13/dead-yet-monty-python-holy-grail-twenty-first-century/feed/ 0 Staging Medievalisms: Touching the Middle Ages through Contemporary Performance http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/13/staging-medievalisms-touching-middle-ages-contemporary-performance/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/13/staging-medievalisms-touching-middle-ages-contemporary-performance/#comments Tue, 13 May 2014 21:40:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49581 Examining the Middle Ages through modern eyes: movies, TV, stage, tourism and books. How do we perform the Middle Ages?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/13/staging-medievalisms-touching-middle-ages-contemporary-performance/feed/ 0 Were the Peasants Really So Clean? The Middle Ages in Film http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/04/were-the-peasants-really-so-clean-the-middle-ages-in-film/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/04/were-the-peasants-really-so-clean-the-middle-ages-in-film/#comments Sat, 04 Jan 2014 19:44:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46349 Movies about the European Middle Ages are profoundly modern creations. They tend to reflect the anxieties and preoccupations of their modern creators rather than those of people who lived a thousand years ago.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/04/were-the-peasants-really-so-clean-the-middle-ages-in-film/feed/ 0 Getting Schmedieval: Of Manuscript and Film Prologues, Paratexts, and Parodies http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/09/getting-schmedieval-of-manuscript-and-film-prologues-paratexts-and-parodies/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/09/getting-schmedieval-of-manuscript-and-film-prologues-paratexts-and-parodies/#comments Sun, 10 Nov 2013 00:12:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=44790 Getting Schmedieval: Of Manuscript and Film Prologues, Paratexts, and Parodies Richard Burt (Guest Co-Editor, University of Florida) EXEMPLARIA: VOL. 19, NO. 2, SUMMER 2007, 217 – 242 Abstract This introduction examines how historical effects in cinematic medievalism are produced through analogies between their shared marginal paratexts, including historiated letters, prefaces, opening title sequences, film prologues, and intertitles. […]

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