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

19895mEllen Besen

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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.

HistoryAnimationDocumentary
ManuscriptMiddle Ages (476-1453)Dark AgesMedievalWorking WomenWoman CentricWomen FarmersMedieval History

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What is Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages (1989) about?

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.

Who stars in 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 stars Margaret Pacsu (Self - Narrator (voice)). The film was directed by Ellen Besen.

How long is 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 has a runtime of 5 min and premiered in 1989.

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