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

Synopsis

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

Written by

Wendy Lill

Music

Sharon Smith

Studio

ONF | NFB

Released

4 July 1989

Genres

History, Animation, Documentary