‘The Uprising’ shows how medieval people weren’t so obedient after all

By: Joelle Rollo-Koster

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: September 14, 2026

Words: 1,390

Last Updated: 4 days, 8 hours ago

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This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

For decades, I’ve been showing my medieval history students the “autonomous collective” scene from the 1975 film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.”

The clip is funny because it features two medieval peasants haranguing King Arthur while using the lexicon of a modern political Marxist. When Arthur explains that he was their king because the …

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