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

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

19890h 5m

History Animation Documentary

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.

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StatusReleased

Release Date1989-07-04

DirectorEllen Besen

ScreenplayWendy Lill, Gloria Demers