Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages
1989
10.0 (1)
5 min
English
No trailer available
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.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- ONF | NFB
Keywords
- manuscript
- middle ages (476-1453)
- dark ages
- medieval
- working women
- woman centric
- women farmers
- medieval history
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Top Cast
Margaret Pacsu as Self - Narrator (voice)
Top Crew
Ellen Besen · Director
Wendy Lill · Writer
Gloria Demers · Writer
Sharon Smith · Composer
Cathy Gulkin · Editor
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