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

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

Name: Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages
Director: Ellen Besen
Genre: History, Animation, Documentary
Released: 1989-07-04
Duration: 5 min
Rating: 10.0
Cast: Margaret Pacsu

July 4, 19895mEN

10.0

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History Animation Documentary

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Overview

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.

Director

Ellen Besen

Writers

Wendy Lill, Gloria Demers