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Waterlily
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Posted: Aug 18 2014 at 6:20am \| IP Logged

Can anyone suggest some good videos on the medieval times? This would be for kids below 13.
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Posted: Aug 18 2014 at 9:09pm \| IP Logged

Definitely don't miss David Macaulay's Castle and Cathedral.

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Posted: Aug 19 2014 at 8:33am \| IP Logged

I had forgotten about those! Thanks so much, Jenn!
Anyone have any other recommendations?

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Posted: Aug 19 2014 at 10:17am \| IP Logged

I would preview, but a few that come to mind:

El Cid with Charlton Heston (It's been too long, so I can't remember what's in here.)

Henry V: Definitely violent, but stirring and awesome.

Ivanhoe with Elizabeth Taylor as a young girl. (It's been a while since I've seen, also, so preview.)

The Black Arrow (down by Disney)

Robin Hood and Sword in the Stone animated Disney might be fun to watch.

Robin Hood the movie with Errol Flynn is another.

Many of the "great" movies have inappropriate material for children or you will definitely need to preview. The main problem is there is the prevalent view of the "Dark Ages".

To provide some perspective of the "positive" viewpoint of the Middle Ages, I recently quoted from Christopher Dawson in my Catholic Culture article. He wrote extensively on this, and it helps to just realize there is much prejudice and misinformation, lots of "dark" and violence portrayed in these movies. There is also a lot of anti-Catholic sentiment. There was personal corruption, but the Church itself was not corrupt.

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Posted: Aug 19 2014 at 3:31pm \| IP Logged

We like the series of Robin Hood with Richard Greene, they teach a lot of good morals and we are surprised at the respect for Catholic Faith included and how they portray Friar Tuck most of the time. A family favorite here.

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