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

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

1989

History Animation Documentary

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.

Credits

Director

Ellen Besen

Cast

Margaret Pacsu as Narrator

Crew

Gisèle Guilbault (Administration)

Bob Mistysyn (Animation)

Ellen Besen (Associate Producer)

Cathy Gulkin (Editor)

Sidonie Kerr (Editor)

Kathleen Shannon (Executive Producer)