My passion was the medieval period, so I went on to do a master’s in the topic and then a PhD. There’s been some changes of thought by historians of the past 40 years in the way we think about the medieval period. HBOMedieval emergencyMy role is to field any and all questions the directors have about the medieval period. However, as far as we know, they are part of the folklore of the medieval period. Where a lot of films in the past have leaned on quite formulaic versions of tournaments, the directors really wanted to highlight its dangers.