The Outlaw

[MartianSanta]

this is strange how the episode here on BBCWorldwide is completely different then the same episode i saw else were,

[peterebel]

Love these.

[AlternityGM]

Another interesting episode in this fascinating & illuminating series.

[GTXMAN]

So the British Invented prisons? Thx...

[Crisavec4]

@GTXMAN If that is a pop at my countrymen - at least we didn't have cotton plantations and did away with slavery over a hundred years before you did

[lauracida]

@Crisavec4 well ok but in britain we still have a fucking monarchy. so um yeah whatever, we all have our national dirty linen.

[XCritonX]

@Crisavec4 Wait a second. Your jumping the gun a bit. The Americans inherited the traditions of slavery from the British, who learned of the slave trade from the Portuguese who got the idea from their African trading partners. Slavery was NEVER popular amongst the common man in any of these countries. Most people saw slavery as an abomination, and a threat to their livelihood. If it was not for government protection of slavery the trade would never have lasted as long as it did.

[SuperGreatSphinx]

In historical legal systems, an outlaw is a person declared as outside the protection of the law. In pre-modern societies, this takes the burden of active persecution of a criminal from the authorities. Instead, the criminal is withdrawn all legal protection, so that anyone is legally empowered to persecute or kill them.

[SuperGreatSphinx]

Outlawry was thus one of the harshest penalties in the legal system, since the outlaw had only himself to protect himself, but it also required no enforcement on the part of the justice system. In early Germanic law, the death penalty is conspicuously absent, and outlawing is the most extreme punishment, presumably amounting to a death sentence in practice.

[SuperGreatSphinx]

The concept is known from Roman law, as the status of homo sacer, and persisted throughout the Middle Ages. It was only in the modern period that the principle of habeas corpus was established, requiring that criminals must be judged in person by a court of law before they can legally be punished.

[SuperGreatSphinx]

In the common law of England, a "Writ of Outlawry" made the pronouncement Caput gerat lupinum ("Let his be a wolf's head," literally "May he bear a wolfish head") with respect to its subject, using "head" to refer to the entire person (cf. "per capita") and equating that person with a wolf in the eyes of the law: Not only was the subject deprived of all legal rights of the law being outside of the "law", but others could kill him on sight as if he were a wolf or other wild animal.

[KironVB]

People refused Jury's because they typically found people always guilty back then and if they did, your family lost all their money and land when you were executed, so people preferred to die from the torture, that way their family could still have their stuff.

[Shizzmonger]

does terry gilliam animate this?

[Melanie7950]

Hahahaha, love the deer hanging the bird finger.

[Icix1]

I think that the Robin Hood myth is just an idealization of a time when Law didn't have the kind of supremacy it has nowadays.  While Robin Hood was obviously some sort of historical outlaw but the myth that is "Robin Hood" is probably just that.

[CMLaneLV]

@Icix1 How the hell does the law have any sort of "supremacy" nowadays..?

[TBAWriter]

@Icix1 It's more likely an idealization of peasants who want to "stick it to the man" like all the caper movies we have today.

[TBAWriter]

@Icix1 It's more likely an idealization of peasants who want to "stick it to the man" like all the caper movies we have today.

[WillScarlet16]

"It lies close to the heart of what made England England."

That's appropriate, because I've always thought of the Pythons as the Robin Hoods of comedy - another part of that long tradition of mocking authority somehow or other.

[zachzdunc]

Why does the volume not work

[Libbathegreat]

teach... him... some... manners!

xaxaxaxa

[MarshallsCorp]

Terry jones Terry Jones TERRY JONES

[jamescs1969]

Freezing problem u r not alone. Enjoyed very much. Soon there will b no more doc. vids unwatched. Please advise.

[Elswalbe]

I'm really enjoying this series of videos... A lot of things I'm learning I didn't ever think of before and ideas took me by surprise. Great work Terry!

[kiah666necr0]

i think its funny that in the begining, one of the outlaw guys is wearing boxers! HAHA! love this series though!

[jlmatterer2]

@kiah666necr0 LOL! Not really, though. Medieval men's underwear from the middle of the period (1200's-1500's) looked like linen boxer shorts! Except there was no fly and it's really hard to take a wee when wearing them (for me, anyway).

[StuPadazzo]

His advising historians need to teach him how to properly knock a bow. I know it's all in fun and jest but I don't think they realize the how big their mistake is or the consequenses of firing a knocked arrow in that manner. Certainly his medieval counterparts knew better.

[snicklefritz1825]

LMFAO 18:21 the stag is giving the finger

[brigantine72]

Great shows but they have started freezing all the time!

[incurable59]

What a awesome show thx alot!

[peteyrock1]

Great show! Thank you!

[NYCPulpHero]

The fellow who did the series "What the Stuarts/Tudors/Victorians/Roma­ns did for us" should team up with Terry

[sarahcostonis]

this is so great - i love this series! but boy, am i having trouble viewing it! every two minutes it freezes and i have to reload it. :(

[akinyc]

Thanks for posting this! I have the same EXACT problem. I thought it was just me. What gives, youtube?

[koko177]

me too i hope my connection isnt the problem

[billyysands]

my favorite outlaw was simon de monfort

Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (May 23, 1208 August 4, 1265), was the principal leader of the baronial opposition to King Henry III of England. After the rebellion of 1263-1264, de Montfort became de facto ruler of England and called the first directly elected parliament in medieval Europe. For this reason, de Montfort is regarded today as one of the progenitors of modern parliamentary democracy

[billyysands]

.He was the youngest son of Simon de Montfort, a French nobleman and crusader

[will4ward]

dennis moore,dennis moore........

[Zatoichi444]

What did they want to get rich for?  There was nothing good to buy back then...maybe a couple pigs, and a new robe.....some scotch....after that, what was there?

[DrAlbino]

I seriously hope you were kidding , a person cant be that ignorant.

[Zatoichi444]

yes you pompous ass, I was completely kidding.

[Highice007]

The services of a beautiful wench. Arrows, Armour, weapons, ale, wheat for making ale, goose with stuffing, ect.

[ChildofModane]

This is to TheVagabondVandal, the one thing about this as apposed to Hulu is fewer interruptions by commercials. Which I happen to find better than the numerous commercials that seem to happen only too often. This only has one, which I happen to find more preferable. Thank you YouTube.

[RocktheSocks]

This commercial also stops the moment you rate the video. A glitch, most likely, but a useful one.

[relroyastro]

hahaha wat an opening :-)

i wouldve been an outlaw back then for sure!

[Brammimonde]

I'll take this over "LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!" any day.

[Sirenensang]

@Brammimonde "Leave Britannia alone!"

[666TheBloodLust666]

@Brammimonde Yes this actually has real meaning and talent its win win!

[DrAlbino]

The way i look at it , the More competition the better for us , the more shows they will put online and give us better service.

[BGCommando]

Terry Jones is a genius

[yl157]

what a delightful series! thank you so much!!!