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

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.

Released

1989-07-04

Genres

History, Animation, Documentary

Runtime

5 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Ellen Besen

TMDB rating

10.0/10 from 1 votes