Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages
1989 | 5 minutes | 0.0 ★ (0)
- 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.
- Release Date
04 July 1989
- DirectingEllen Besen
- Budget
$0.00
- Revenue
$0.00
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