Andrew B.R. Elliott is a former senior lecturer in media and cultural studies at the University of Lincoln in the UK. He has published articles and essays on a wide range of topics and is a contributor to a television documentary on the “real” King Arthur.

“beginning with problems of history and historiography and film, through authenticity and accuracy in medieval worlds, analyze[s] movies depicting the Middle Ages”—Communication Booknotes Quarterly; “frequent reference to movies and literature”—Reference & Research Book News.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      PART I : PROBLEMS1. History, Historiography and Film      2. “One Big Medieval Mess”: Accessing the Middle Ages      PART II : PEOPLE3. When Knights Were Bold: Those Who Fight      4. The Power and the Glory: Those Who Rule      5. Clergy and Saints: Those Who Pray      6. …Everybody Not Sitting on a Cushion: Those Who Work      PART III : WORLDS7. Constructing Medieval Worlds: Conventions, Inventions and Images      8. Guides to the Medieval Worlds      9. Authenticity and Accuracy in Medieval Worlds      Glossary      Notes      Bibliography      Filmography      Index

Andrew B.R. Elliott is a former senior lecturer in media and cultural studies at the University of Lincoln in the UK. He has published articles and essays on a wide range of topics and is a contributor to a television documentary on the “real” King Arthur.

“beginning with problems of history and historiography and film, through authenticity and accuracy in medieval worlds, analyze[s] movies depicting the Middle Ages”—Communication Booknotes Quarterly; “frequent reference to movies and literature”—Reference & Research Book News.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      PART I : PROBLEMS1. History, Historiography and Film      2. “One Big Medieval Mess”: Accessing the Middle Ages      PART II : PEOPLE3. When Knights Were Bold: Those Who Fight      4. The Power and the Glory: Those Who Rule      5. Clergy and Saints: Those Who Pray      6. …Everybody Not Sitting on a Cushion: Those Who Work      PART III : WORLDS7. Constructing Medieval Worlds: Conventions, Inventions and Images      8. Guides to the Medieval Worlds      9. Authenticity and Accuracy in Medieval Worlds      Glossary      Notes      Bibliography      Filmography      Index

Andrew B.R. Elliott is a former senior lecturer in media and cultural studies at the University of Lincoln in the UK. He has published articles and essays on a wide range of topics and is a contributor to a television documentary on the “real” King Arthur.

“beginning with problems of history and historiography and film, through authenticity and accuracy in medieval worlds, analyze[s] movies depicting the Middle Ages”—Communication Booknotes Quarterly; “frequent reference to movies and literature”—Reference & Research Book News.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      PART I : PROBLEMS1. History, Historiography and Film      2. “One Big Medieval Mess”: Accessing the Middle Ages      PART II : PEOPLE3. When Knights Were Bold: Those Who Fight      4. The Power and the Glory: Those Who Rule      5. Clergy and Saints: Those Who Pray      6. …Everybody Not Sitting on a Cushion: Those Who Work      PART III : WORLDS7. Constructing Medieval Worlds: Conventions, Inventions and Images      8. Guides to the Medieval Worlds      9. Authenticity and Accuracy in Medieval Worlds      Glossary      Notes      Bibliography      Filmography      Index