Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages
Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages

Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages

July 04, 1989 | 5 min

This animated short challenges enduring myths, spawned by fairy tales and romances, about women in medieval society. It explores the differences and similarities between that distant period and our own, and shows what medieval women’s lives were really like.

Genres

History Animation Documentary

Cast

Naomi Scott

Margaret Pacsu

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